Intel Core i7-6700 vs AMD Custom 0405

Core i7-6700 vs Custom 0405 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700 beats the Custom 0405 in overall performance. Despite this, the Custom 0405 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Custom 0405. In terms of cache, the Custom 0405 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Custom 0405.

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 i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.