Core i7-6600U vs Core i5-3340M benchmarks
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3340M is faster than the Core i7-6600U. Despite this, the Core i7-6600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
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 i5-3340M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3340M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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