Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i5-6402P

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

6% slightly better overall score

2224 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points

4145 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

1690 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

1619 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points

56% significantly higher Blender score

36.61 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3058 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

0.37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1081 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3073 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points

1134 points

0.98% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

2.81 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

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

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

647th of 1,089

677th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i5-6402P benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6820HQ is faster than the Core i5-6402P. Despite this, the Core i5-6402P 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 i5-6402P has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6402P 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.