Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i9-9900

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i9-9900 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6820HQ beats the Core i9-9900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6820HQ. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900 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.