Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i5-4300U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1024 points
5% slightly better overall score
972 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1896 points
1897 points
0.05% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

786 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
726 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

757 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
696 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.31 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
20.06 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1465 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
782 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2113 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1469 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1011 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
789 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.50 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
Identical
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

941st of 1,089
959th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6560U vs Core i5-4300U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6560U performs better than the Core i5-4300U. Despite this, the Core i5-4300U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6560U. Despite this, the Core i7-6560U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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