Intel Core i7-10510U vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 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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Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Price

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$ 3495.00

$ 3231.00

$ 264.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2309 points

2465 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3832 points

3937 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1870 points

2027 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1787 points

1949 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

42.05 points

56.39 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2837 points

3315 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1168 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1050 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2696 points

3434 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1079 points

1099 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz

2.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

200% 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

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

657th of 1,089

635th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 August

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-10510U vs Core i7-6700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700HQ beats the Core i7-10510U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10510U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700HQ CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.