Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i5-1345U

Core i7-5930K vs Core i5-1345U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1345U beats the Core i7-5930K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1345U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-5930K has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1345U. Despite this, the Core i5-1345U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.