Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

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

1438 points

2386 points

65% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

4177 points

56% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1866 points

70% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1778 points

68% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

51.15 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

3194 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

928 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

3202 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

999 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

Identical

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

4% slightly lower TDP

47 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

645th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 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 i7-4850HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4850HQ 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4850HQ has more threads. Both the Core i5-6300HQ and Core i7-4850HQ have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-4850HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4850HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.