Intel Core i7-6700K 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

3497 points

47% significantly better overall score

2371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5633 points

50% significantly better gaming score

3749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2866 points

46% significantly better multitasking score

1956 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2751 points

46% significantly better heavy workload score

1875 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

81.27 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

57.44 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4822 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3456 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1442 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1085 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4936 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3487 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1506 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1123 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

4 GHz

48% significantly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

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

482nd 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

DDR4-1866

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700K vs Core i7-6820HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700K is faster 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.