Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-7500U

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core i7-7500U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700HQ performs better than the Core i7-7500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7500U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6700HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-7500U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-7500U outputs less heat than Core i7-6700HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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.