Core i7-6700HQ vs i5-6500
Description
Both models i7-6700HQ and i5-6500 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 i7-6700HQ gets a score of 205.2 k points while the i5-6500 gets 179.4 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700HQ is 1.1 times faster than the i5-6500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
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 i7-6700HQ gets a score of 205.2 k points while the i5-6500 gets 179.4 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700HQ is 1.1 times faster than the i5-6500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e3
Core
Skylake-H
Skylake-S
Base frecuency
2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Socket
BGA1440
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
45 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
6144 kB
Date
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
50.54k points
53.7k points
Mean multithread perf.
205.24k points
179.44k points
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i7-6700HQ
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
11.23k
13.07k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
16.98k
20.23k (x1.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.21k
4.93k (x1.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.07k
9.2k (x1.3)
TOTAL
39.49k
47.43k (x1.2)
Multithread
i7-6700HQ
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
44.59k
49.62k (x1.11)
Test#2 (FP)
75.02k
74.82k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.15k
18.46k (x0.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.92k
4.21k (x0.71)
TOTAL
145.68k
147.12k (x1.01)
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
i7-6700HQ
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
21.33k
22.89k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
18.34k
19.87k (x1.08)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.44k
4.58k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.44k
6.36k (x0.99)
TOTAL
50.54k
53.7k (x1.06)
Multithread
i7-6700HQ
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
91.89k
84.36k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
87.87k
72.91k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.61k
16.08k (x0.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.87k
6.1k (x1.25)
TOTAL
205.24k
179.44k (x0.87)
Performance/W
i7-6700HQ
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
2042 points/W
1298 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1953 points/W
1122 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
458 points/W
247 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
108 points/W
94 points/W
TOTAL
4561 points/W
2761 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-6700HQ
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
6094 points/GHz
6359 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5240 points/GHz
5521 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1267 points/GHz
1271 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1840 points/GHz
1766 points/GHz
TOTAL
14441 points/GHz
14917 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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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