Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th 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

2610 points

24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

4142 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

2155 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

2070 points

37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

60.03 points

86% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

3551 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

1125 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

3629 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

1171 points

7% 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

2.8 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

8% 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

607th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-2400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i7-7700HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7700HQ 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ 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.

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 i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.