Intel Core i5-6500 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

2289 points

2386 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

1% slightly better gaming score

4177 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

1866 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

1778 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

51.15 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

3194 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

928 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3202 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

20% 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

3.2 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

47 W

38% slightly lower TDP

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

663rd 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

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500 vs Core i7-4850HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4850HQ beats the Core i5-6500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4850HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4850HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-6500 thanks to a 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 i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.