Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i7-3770K

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
2702 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points
4366 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points
2208 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points
2118 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
47.21 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2474 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
708 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2489 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
709 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
71% significantly lower TDP
77 W

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
588th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2012 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 i7-3770K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3770K 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i7-3770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3770K 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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