Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3630QM

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 229.00

$ 1689.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

1913 points

33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

2976 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1587 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1523 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

36.41 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1885 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

561 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1900 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

561 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.4 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

734th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300HQ vs Core i7-3630QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3630QM beats the Core i5-6300HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6300HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3630QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3630QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the Core i7-3630QM 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.

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. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.