Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Core i5-3570K

Core i7-6920HQ vs Core i5-3570K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6920HQ performs better than the Core i5-3570K. Despite this, the Core i5-3570K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6920HQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3570K 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 i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.