Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Core i7-7567U

Core i7-6920HQ vs Core i7-7567U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6920HQ performs better than the Core i7-7567U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7567U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6920HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7567U. Indeed, the Core i7-6920HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-7567U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7567U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7567U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6920HQ. Also, the Core i7-7567U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7567U outputs less heat than Core i7-6920HQ thanks to a significantly 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.