Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i7-3930K

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i7-3930K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3930K performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3930K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6820HQ. Indeed, the Core i7-3930K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3930K 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.