Intel Core i7-6500U vs Intel Core i5-4570T

Core i7-6500U vs Core i5-4570T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4570T beats the Core i7-6500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6500U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4570T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. Also, the Core i5-4570T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4570T CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.