Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

3117 points

3217 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4994 points

6% slightly better gaming score

4679 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points

2809 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2456 points

2718 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points

84.75 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4207 points

7276 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1320 points

2112 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

88% significantly higher clock speed

1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5.4 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

96 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

6.5 MiB

550% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

12 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

542nd of 1,118

527th of 1,118

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700 vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 7 150U performs better than the Core i7-6700. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-6700 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.