Intel Core i7-6650U vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420T

Core i7-6650U vs Pentium Gold G5420T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6650U performs better than the Pentium Gold G5420T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Gold G5420T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G5420T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6650U. A Core i7-6650U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G5420T 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.