Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i5-1155G7

Core i7-6700K vs Core i5-1155G7 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700K beats the Core i5-1155G7 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1155G7 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1155G7. Despite this, the Core i5-1155G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1155G7 outputs less heat than Core i7-6700K thanks to a 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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.