Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i5-4670

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4670

Price

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$ 122.39

$ 17.61 slightly less expensive

$ 140.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3117 points

34% slightly better overall score

2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4991 points

16% slightly better gaming score

4272 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2559 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

1777 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2457 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

1705 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

46.61 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4052 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3099 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1252 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1130 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4207 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3282 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1320 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1186 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

Identical

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

29% slightly lower TDP

84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

523rd of 1,089

655th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700 vs Core i5-4670 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 is faster than the Core i5-4670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4670 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6700 has more threads. According to our data, the Core i7-6700 and Core i5-4670 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4670 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.