Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i7 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

2748 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points

4553 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points

2217 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points

2125 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

55.31 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3230 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1113 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3227 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1100 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

Identical

2.7 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

4% slightly lower TDP

47 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

579th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2015 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i7-5700HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5700HQ 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i7-6820HQ and Core i7-5700HQ have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5700HQ CPU because of its slightly 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.