Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i7-6700

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th 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

2094 points

3117 points

48% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

4991 points

24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

2559 points

62% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

2457 points

62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

69.31 points

114% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

4052 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

1252 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

4207 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

1320 points

20% 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

2.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

523rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i7-6700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Core i5-6440HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6440HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.