Intel Core i5-7500T 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

1862 points

2371 points

27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3552 points

3749 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1406 points

1956 points

39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1350 points

1875 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.76 points

57.44 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3023 points

3456 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1087 points

0.18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1085 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3062 points

3487 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points

1123 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.7 GHz

Identical

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

28% slightly lower TDP

45 W

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

749th 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 i5-7500T vs Core i7-6820HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6820HQ is faster than the Core i5-7500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6820HQ has more threads. According to our data, the Core i5-7500T and Core i7-6820HQ have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6820HQ CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-7500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.