Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2443 points
9% slightly better overall score
2226 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3889 points
7% slightly better gaming score
3615 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2015 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
1813 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1940 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
1735 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
46.75 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2898 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
961 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3110 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1019 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
4% slightly lower TDP
47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

656th of 1,118
694th of 1,118

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2013 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

No
No

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