Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i5-3210M

Core i7-6700K vs Core i5-3210M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700K beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6700K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3210M. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3210M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3210M. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3210M 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.

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