Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i5-4210H

Core i7-6600U vs Core i5-4210H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4210H beats the Core i7-6600U in overall performance. 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 i5-4210H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Core i5-4210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4210H 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.