Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 5th 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

2507 points

2748 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points

2% slightly better gaming score

4553 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1909 points

2217 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1831 points

2125 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points

55.31 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3416 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3230 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1249 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1113 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3227 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1100 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

3.3 GHz

22% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

11% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

Identical

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

Identical

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

Identical

6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

626th of 1,089

579th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2015 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-5700HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5700HQ performs better than the Core i5-6600. Despite this, the Core i5-6600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5700HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5700HQ. Also, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5700HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-6600 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.