Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 2 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

1024 points

1829 points

78% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1896 points

3698 points

95% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

786 points

1348 points

71% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

757 points

1293 points

70% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.31 points

29.31 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

2919 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points

1506 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2113 points

3077 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1011 points

1579 points

56% significantly 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

2.2 GHz

3.00 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

4.1 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

86% significantly lower TDP

28 W

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

941st of 1,089

755th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2020 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6560U vs Core i3-1115G4 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1115G4 beats the Core i7-6560U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-1115G4 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6560U. Also, the Core i3-1115G4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6560U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-1115G4 CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.