Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i7-6920HQ

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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2458 points

43% significantly better overall score

1713 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4565 points

67% significantly better gaming score

2720 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1872 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

1419 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1797 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

1360 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i5-7500 and the Core i7-6920HQ? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.70 points

56.11 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3409 points

3551 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1243 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1105 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3533 points

3793 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1283 points

8% 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

3.4 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

Identical

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

637th of 1,089

772nd 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 i7-6920HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6920HQ beats the Core i5-7500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-7500 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-6920HQ 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.