Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Core i7-2700K

Core i7-6920HQ vs Core i7-2700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6920HQ is faster than the Core i7-2700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2700K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. Also, the Core i7-2700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2700K 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.