Intel Core i5-2400 vs Intel Core i7-6700. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 Intel Core i 6000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 6
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i7-7700

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo 3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10.1 12
• Execution units
  6 24
• Generation
  6 9
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics 530
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2015
• Shader
  48 192
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6700 and Intel Core i5-2400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2400 and Intel Core i7-6700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2400 and Intel Core i7-6700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Skylake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2015
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1151
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d