Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i7-4720HQ

Core i7-6600U vs Core i7-4720HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4720HQ beats the Core i7-6600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-6600U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6600U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4720HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U 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 i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.