Intel Core i7-6500U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400

Core i7-6500U vs Pentium Gold G6400 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium Gold G6400 performs better than the Core i7-6500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6500U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G6400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. A Core i7-6500U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G6400 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.