Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

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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Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Price

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$ 103.63

$ 3127.37 significantly less expensive

$ 3231.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2289 points

2465 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

8% slightly better gaming score

3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

2027 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

1949 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2113 points

3537 points

67% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

56.39 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

3315 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1050 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

3434 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1099 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

23% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 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

45 W

44% significantly 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd of 1,089

635th 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

DDR4-1866

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500 vs Core i7-6700HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700HQ is faster than the Core i5-6500. Despite this, the Core i5-6500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-6500 thanks to a 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 i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.