Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i5-1145G7

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 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

3497 points

13% slightly better overall score

3084 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5633 points

6% slightly better gaming score

5273 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2866 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

2455 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2751 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

2345 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

81.27 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

59.23 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4822 points

0.96% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4776 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1442 points

1636 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4936 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4764 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1506 points

1653 points

9% 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

4 GHz

53% significantly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

Identical

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

482nd of 1,089

528th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700K vs Core i5-1145G7 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1145G7 is faster than the Core i7-6700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1145G7. Despite this, the Core i5-1145G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1145G7 outputs less heat than Core i7-6700K thanks to a significantly 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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.