Intel Core i7-6700T vs Intel Core i5-7400T

Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel Core i5-7400T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Feb 2017
Intel Core i5-7400T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    135%
  • Intel Core i5-7400T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    113%
  • Intel Core i5-7400T
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    156%
  • Intel Core i5-7400T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700T

13% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 56% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 35% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7400T

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Intel Core i7-6700T

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700T

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700T

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-7400T
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
Boost 2.0
AES-NI
Smart Cache
SGX
MPX
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-7400T
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylakevsKaby Lake
Release DateSep 2015vsFeb 2017

Cores

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-7400T
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsHD Graphics 530vsHD 630

Cache

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-7400T
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-7400T
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp66°Cvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-7400T
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs2400 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    4140 points
  • Intel Core i5-7400T
    3600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    12880 points
  • Intel Core i5-7400T
    11520 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    153
  • Intel Core i5-7400T (simulated)
    134.63

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    668
  • Intel Core i5-7400T (simulated)
    425.68

points - higher is better