Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-1255U

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2443 points
3630 points
48% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3889 points
5399 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2015 points
3136 points
55% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1940 points
3030 points
56% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points
75.98 points
34% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
34% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

662nd of 1,127
495th of 1,127

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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