Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Core i7-6600U vs Core i7-7820HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820HQ 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-7820HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6600U. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6600U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7820HQ 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 i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.