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Core i7-6820HQ vs i7-6700


Description
Both models i7-6820HQ and i7-6700 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 i7-6700 gets 243.4 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-6700 is 1.2 times faster than the i7-6820HQ. 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
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.7 GHz
3.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
BGA1440
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
45 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
October 2015
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
50.1k points
57.76k points
Mean multithread perf.
205.89k points
243.4k 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
i7-6820HQ
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
20.99k
24.83k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
18.63k
21.82k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.33k
4.98k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.15k
6.14k (x1)
TOTAL
50.1k
57.76k (x1.15)

Multithread

i7-6820HQ

i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
91.8k
109.79k (x1.2)
Test#2 (FP)
87.24k
102.39k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.55k
24.72k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.3k
6.51k (x1.03)
TOTAL
205.89k
243.4k (x1.18)

Performance/W
i7-6820HQ
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
2040 points/W
1689 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1939 points/W
1575 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
457 points/W
380 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
140 points/W
100 points/W
TOTAL
4575 points/W
3745 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-6820HQ
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
5831 points/GHz
6206 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5174 points/GHz
5456 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1204 points/GHz
1244 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1708 points/GHz
1535 points/GHz
TOTAL
13917 points/GHz
14441 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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