Intel Core i7-6820HK vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Core i7-6820HK vs Core i7-4870HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6820HK beats the Core i7-4870HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4870HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6820HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4870HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4870HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4870HQ CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-6820HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.