Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Core i7-6600U vs Core i7-4800MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4800MQ 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 i7-4800MQ 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4800MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Core i7-4800MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4800MQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.