Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i5-4200U

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i5-4200U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700HQ is faster than the Core i5-4200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-6700HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-4200U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. Also, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4200U outputs less heat than Core i7-6700HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.