Intel Core i5-6600 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

2507 points

2610 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points

12% slightly better gaming score

4142 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1909 points

2155 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1831 points

2070 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3406 points

35% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2507 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points

60.03 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3416 points

3551 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1249 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1125 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points

3629 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1171 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

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 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

626th 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

DDR4-1866

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-7700HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6600 performs better than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7700HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-6600 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 i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.