Intel Core i7-8750H vs Intel Core i7-6820HK

Core i7-8750H vs Core i7-6820HK benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8750H beats the Core i7-6820HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-8750H has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6820HK has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6820HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8750H. Despite this, the Core i7-8750H 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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.