Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th 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

2218 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2720 points

3567 points

31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1419 points

1819 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points

1749 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.11 points

63.31 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1105 points

1174 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3793 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3581 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1184 points

1188 points

0.34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

Identical

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

772nd of 1,089

678th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-2400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6920HQ vs Core i7-7820HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7820HQ is faster than the Core i7-6920HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6920HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i7-6920HQ and Core i7-7820HQ have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.