Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i5-4590S

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i5-4590S specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4590S 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6820HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4590S has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i5-4590S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590S CPU because of its 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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.