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Core i7-10610U vs i5-6400


Description
The i7-10610U is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i5-6400 is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-10610U gets a score of 162 k points while the i5-6400 gets 174.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-6400 is 1.1 times faster than the i7-10610U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ec
506e3
Core
Comet Lake-U
Skylake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.9 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
FCBGA 1528
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
25 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
6144 kB
Date
May 2020
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
56.65k points
48.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
162k points
174.05k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i7-10610U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
23.1k
21.1k (x0.91)
Test#2 (FP)
20k
18.28k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.61k
4.22k (x0.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.94k
4.45k (x0.5)
TOTAL
56.65k
48.05k (x0.85)

Multithread

i7-10610U

i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
73.36k
80.03k (x1.09)
Test#2 (FP)
68.28k
71.1k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.73k
16.19k (x1.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.62k
6.73k (x1.02)
TOTAL
162k
174.05k (x1.07)

Performance/W
i7-10610U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
2934 points/W
1231 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2731 points/W
1094 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
549 points/W
249 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
265 points/W
104 points/W
TOTAL
6480 points/W
2678 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-10610U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
4715 points/GHz
6394 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4082 points/GHz
5539 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
940 points/GHz
1279 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1825 points/GHz
1348 points/GHz
TOTAL
11562 points/GHz
14560 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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