Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Core i7-6920HQ vs Core i5-2500K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6920HQ beats the Core i5-2500K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-2500K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6920HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2500K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6920HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500K 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 i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.