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Core i5-6300HQ vs i7-6560U


Description
Both models i5-6300HQ and i7-6560U are based on Skylake architecture.

Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6300HQ gets a score of 135.1 k points while the i7-6560U gets 107 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-6300HQ is 1.3 times faster than the i7-6560U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
406e3
Core
Skylake-H
Skylake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
2.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA1440
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
45 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
4096 kB
Date
September 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
40.99k points
52.96k points
Mean multithread perf.
135.14k points
107.01k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-6300HQ
i7-6560U
Test#1 (Integers)
17.99k
22.21k (x1.23)
Test#2 (FP)
15.61k
19.25k (x1.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.56k
4.41k (x1.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.83k
7.09k (x1.85)
TOTAL
40.99k
52.96k (x1.29)

Multithread

i5-6300HQ

i7-6560U
Test#1 (Integers)
64.95k
44.94k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
54.01k
44.98k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.9k
10.83k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.29k
6.26k (x1.46)
TOTAL
135.14k
107.01k (x0.79)

Performance/W
i5-6300HQ
i7-6560U
Test#1 (Integers)
1443 points/W
2996 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1200 points/W
2998 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
264 points/W
722 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
95 points/W
418 points/W
TOTAL
3003 points/W
7134 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-6300HQ
i7-6560U
Test#1 (Integers)
5622 points/GHz
6941 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4878 points/GHz
6017 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1113 points/GHz
1377 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1196 points/GHz
2214 points/GHz
TOTAL
12808 points/GHz
16550 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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