Core i7-6820HQ vs i7-6500U
Description
Both models i7-6820HQ and i7-6500U 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 i7-6820HQ gets a score of 205.9 k points while the i7-6500U gets 97.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6820HQ is 2.1 times faster than the i7-6500U. 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 i7-6820HQ gets a score of 205.9 k points while the i7-6500U gets 97.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6820HQ is 2.1 times faster than the i7-6500U. 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
Base frecuency
2.7 GHz
2.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.1 GHz
Socket
BGA1440
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/8
2/4
TDP
45 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4096 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
kB
Date
October 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
50.1k points
46.25k points
Mean multithread perf.
205.89k points
97.52k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
3.18k
2.98k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
13.02k
12.19k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.17k
3.91k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.93k
5.3k (x0.76)
TOTAL
27.3k
24.37k (x0.89)
Multithread
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
13.26k
6.1k (x0.46)
Test#2 (FP)
62.23k
28.73k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.34k
9.56k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.46k
6.71k (x1.23)
TOTAL
101.29k
51.09k (x0.5)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
11.54k
11.11k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
16.69k
15.97k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.51k
4.25k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.27k
5.66k (x0.78)
TOTAL
40.01k
36.99k (x0.92)
Multithread
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
48.5k
23.1k (x0.48)
Test#2 (FP)
77.02k
36.73k (x0.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
21.3k
9.99k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.24k
7k (x1.34)
TOTAL
152.06k
76.82k (x0.51)
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
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
11.78k
11.09k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
18.06k
17.1k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.48k
4.12k (x0.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.12k
5.58k (x0.78)
TOTAL
41.44k
37.9k (x0.91)
Multithread
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
49.46k
23.3k (x0.47)
Test#2 (FP)
84.8k
38.52k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.7k
9.95k (x0.48)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.77k
6.95k (x1.46)
TOTAL
159.73k
78.72k (x0.49)
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
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
20.99k
19.47k (x0.93)
Test#2 (FP)
18.63k
17.58k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.33k
4.05k (x0.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.15k
5.15k (x0.84)
TOTAL
50.1k
46.25k (x0.92)
Multithread
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
91.8k
42.05k (x0.46)
Test#2 (FP)
87.24k
40.2k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.55k
9.4k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.3k
5.86k (x0.93)
TOTAL
205.89k
97.52k (x0.47)
Performance/W
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
2040 points/W
2803 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1939 points/W
2680 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
457 points/W
626 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
140 points/W
391 points/W
TOTAL
4575 points/W
6501 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-6820HQ
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
5831 points/GHz
6279 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5174 points/GHz
5672 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1204 points/GHz
1305 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1708 points/GHz
1662 points/GHz
TOTAL
13917 points/GHz
14918 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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