Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-4800MQ

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

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Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Price

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$ 3231.00

$ 149.95

$ 3081.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

2% slightly better overall score

2395 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

3995 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1851 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

48.93 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2555 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

914 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3174 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1063 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

2.70 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

4% slightly lower TDP

47 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

644th of 1,089

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

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i7-4800MQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700HQ is faster than the Core i7-4800MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4800MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4800MQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i7-4800MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4800MQ CPU because of its slightly 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.