Intel Core i7-6920HQ 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

1713 points

2748 points

60% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2720 points

4553 points

67% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1419 points

2217 points

56% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points

2125 points

56% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.11 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

55.31 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3230 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1105 points

1113 points

0.72% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3793 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3227 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1184 points

7% 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

2.9 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

8% 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

772nd 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 i7-6920HQ vs Core i7-5700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5700HQ beats the Core i7-6920HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6920HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5700HQ. Also, the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.