Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

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

1024 points
1913 points
86% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1896 points
3059 points
61% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

786 points
1573 points
100% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

757 points
1510 points
99% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.31 points
41.56 points
86% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points
2717 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
717 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2113 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2007 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1011 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
602 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.7 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

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

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

941st of 1,089
733rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6560U vs Core i7-3820QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3820QM is faster than the Core i7-6560U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3820QM has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6560U. Indeed, the Core i7-3820QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6560U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6560U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6560U. Also, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6560U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3820QM 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.

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