Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3820QM

Price

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$ 3231.00

$ 499.00

$ 2732.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

28% slightly better overall score

1913 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

28% slightly better gaming score

3059 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

1573 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

29% slightly better heavy workload score

1510 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

41.56 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2717 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

717 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

602 points

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

2.7 GHz

3% 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

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

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089

733rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 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 i7-3820QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700HQ beats the Core i7-3820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i7-3820QM 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.