Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Compare Intel 7th 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

2458 points

3% slightly better overall score

2371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4565 points

21% slightly better gaming score

3749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1872 points

1956 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1797 points

1875 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.70 points

57.44 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3409 points

3456 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1243 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1085 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3533 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3487 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1283 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1123 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

3.4 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 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

637th of 1,089

647th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7500 vs Core i7-6820HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7500 performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6820HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-7500 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 i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.