Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core i7-4790

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14 %

29 %

107% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

27 %

46 %

70% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11 %

24 %

118% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11 %

23 %

109% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685

3751

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970

1174

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2665

3789

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

964

1184

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.60 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

4 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

86% significantly lower TDP

84 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

463rd of 627

280th of 627

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

August 2015

May 2014

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 i7-4790 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790 is faster than the Core i5-6300HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4790 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.