Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-6920HQ

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

2289 points

33% slightly better overall score

1713 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

56% significantly better gaming score

2720 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

1419 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

1360 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

56.11 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

3551 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1105 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

3793 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1184 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

10% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

772nd 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 i7-6920HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6920HQ beats the Core i5-6500 in overall performance. 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 i7-6920HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6920HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6920HQ 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.