Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Compare Intel 8th 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

2416 points

1% slightly better overall score

2371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4204 points

12% slightly better gaming score

3749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1922 points

1956 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1847 points

1875 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

65.05 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

57.44 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4030 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3456 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1206 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1085 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4117 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3487 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1123 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.7 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

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

28 W

60% significantly 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

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

641st of 1,089

647th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8259U vs Core i7-6820HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6820HQ is faster than the Core i5-8259U. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8259U. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6820HQ CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.