Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i5-4670S

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

2371 points
9% slightly better overall score
2167 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points
3982 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
1658 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
1592 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points
43% significantly higher Blender score
39.95 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2657 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
841 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3249 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points
1174 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.1 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

647th of 1,089
689th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i5-4670S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6820HQ is faster than the Core i5-4670S. Despite this, the Core i5-4670S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6820HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4670S has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i5-4670S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4670S CPU because of its 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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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