Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i5-4590S

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 i5-4590S

Price

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$ 3231.00

$ 198.95

$ 3032.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

14% slightly better overall score

2162 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

4006 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

1647 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

1580 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

45.67 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2794 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

0.10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1049 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2984 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

0.46% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1094 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

2.6 GHz

3 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 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

635th of 1,089

692nd 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

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i5-4590S specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700HQ beats the Core i5-4590S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4590S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4590S has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i5-4590S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590S CPU because of its 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.