Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i5-8300H

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 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

2465 points

2837 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

4554 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

2331 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

2236 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3537 points

42% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2480 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

55.07 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

3631 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

1233 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

3732 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

1267 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089

564th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i5-8300H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8300H performs better 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8300H. Despite this, the Core i5-8300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.