Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-3930K

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

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Price

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$ 3231.00
$ 280.00
$ 2951.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points
3669 points
48% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points
4984 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points
3245 points
60% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points
3138 points
61% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3537 points
5001 points
41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points
70.18 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3014 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
601 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2984 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
616 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% 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
3.2 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
188% significantly lower TDP
130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
178% significantly more supported memory
23 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089
466th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i7-3930K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3930K is faster than the Core i7-6700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3930K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700HQ. Indeed, the Core i7-3930K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3930K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.

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