Intel Core i7-6700T vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i7-6700T vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700T performs better than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700T. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700T. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700T. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. In terms of cache, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700T. The Core 5 120U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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