Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i5-1035G1

Core i7-6600U vs Core i5-1035G1 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1035G1 is faster than the Core i7-6600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1035G1 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6600U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6600U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1035G1. Despite this, the Core i5-1035G1 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.