Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

3% slightly better overall score

2371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1956 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1875 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

57.44 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

3456 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

1085 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

3487 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

1123 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.6 GHz

2% 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089

647th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i7-6820HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700HQ performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core i7-6820HQ 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.