Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i7-2760QM

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

11% slightly better overall score

2123 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points

8% slightly better gaming score

3444 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

1738 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

1671 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points

72% significantly higher Blender score

33.27 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points

143% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1422 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

126% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

479 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1606 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

528 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

2.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 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

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

647th of 1,089

701st of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i7-2760QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6820HQ beats the Core i7-2760QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-2760QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2760QM. Also, the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.