Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i7-5930K vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1235U is faster than the Core i7-5930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-5930K that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5930K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i7-5930K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.