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

Core i7-6600U vs Core i5-4210M benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4210M performs better than the Core i7-6600U. Despite this, the Core i7-6600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-6600U and Core i5-4210M 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 i5-4210M 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.