Intel Core i7-6700T vs Intel Core i5-11400H

Core i7-6700T vs Core i5-11400H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400H performs better than the Core i7-6700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-11400H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700T. Indeed, the Core i5-11400H has 6 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-11400H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700T. The Core i5-11400H 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.