Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Core i7-6600U vs Core i5-3230M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6600U beats the Core i5-3230M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-6600U and Core i5-3230M have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-6600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M 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 i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.