Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core Ultra 5 135U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 135U beats the Core i7-6700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700HQ. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.