Intel Core i7-6650U vs Intel Core i5-2500

Core i7-6650U vs Core i5-2500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2500 performs better than the Core i7-6650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6650U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-2500 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6650U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6650U. Also, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6650U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500 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 i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.