Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core 7 240H

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 240H is faster than the Core i7-6700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-6700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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