Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i5-10400F

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i5-10400F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10400F is faster than the Core i7-6700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-10400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i5-10400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10400F 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 i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.