Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Core i7-6920HQ vs Core i9-9900K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9900K 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6920HQ. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6920HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6920HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900K CPU because of its 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.