Product Compare

Intel Core i5 6600 vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ

	CPU Intel Core i5 6600	CPU Intel Core i7 6700HQ
General Parameters
Release Date	Sep 2015	Sep 2015
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Skylake	Skylake
Processor Number	i5-6600	i7-6700HQ
Integrated Graphics	HD Graphics 530	HD Graphics 530
Package
Transistor Count	1.75 billions
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	14 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	BGA-1440
Power Consumption	65 W	45 W
Peak Operating Temperature		100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	4
Performance Core Threads	4	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	3.5 GHz
Total Core Count	4	4
Total Thread Count	4	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	33x	26x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	128 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size	64 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1050 MHz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1215	1044
Geekbench 5 Single Core	953	802
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3041	3554
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	3325	3266
Passmark CPU Single Core	2246	1903
Passmark CPU Multi Core	5989	6474