Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i7-4720HQ

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

1024 points
1830 points
78% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1896 points
2931 points
54% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

786 points
1511 points
92% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

757 points
1452 points
91% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.31 points
46.95 points
110% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points
2933 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points
950 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2113 points
3071 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1011 points
1035 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
2.59 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
213% significantly lower TDP
47 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
754th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2015 February

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 i7-4720HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4720HQ 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 i7-4720HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6560U. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ 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 i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6560U. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6560U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4720HQ 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 i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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