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Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i5-7260U

Intel Core i7-6820HQ

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The Intel Core i7-6820HQ is a quad-core processor based on the Skylake architecture, that has been launched in September 2015. In addition to four CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.7 - 3.6 GHz (4 cores: max. 3.2 GHz, 2 cores: max. 3.4 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 530 GPU and a dual-channel DDR4-2133/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The CPU is manufactured using a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the very similar Core i7-6820HK, the Core i7-6820HQ supports additional administration and security features like Intel vPro and TXT, but lacks the unlocked multiplier for OC.

Architecture

Skylake replaces both Haswell and Broadwell and brings the same microarchitecture in every TDP class from 4.5 to 45 W. The extensive improvements of the Skylake design include increased out-of-order buffers, optimized prefetching and branch prediction as well as additional performance gains through Hyper-Threading. Overall, however, performance per clock has been increased by only 5 to 10 percent (compared to Haswell) respectively under 5 percent (compard to Broadwell), which is quite modest for a new architecture ("Tock").

Performance

Thanks to the improved architecture, the Core i7-6820HQ performs roughly on par with the former Core i7-4900MQ (Haswell) or the Core i7-5700HQ (Broadwell). Under long-lasting full load, the Skylake chip will take the lead over most of its Haswell-based predecessors, as the advanced 14 nm process leads to a higher energy efficiency and reduces throttling.

Even the most demanding applications and excessive multitasking are handled easily.

Graphics

The integrated graphics unit called HD Graphics 530 represents the "GT2" version of the Skylake GPU (Intel Gen. 9). The 24 Execution Units, also called EUs, are clocked at 350 - 1050 MHz and offer a performance about 20 percent above the old HD Graphics 4600. Games of 2015 can thus be played smoothly in low or medium settings. For more information about performance and features, check our page for the HD Graphics 530.

Power Consumption

Specified at a TDP of 45 W (including CPU, GPU and memory controller), the CPU is best suited for bigger notebooks 15-inches in size and above. Optionally, the TDP can be lowered to 35 watts (cTDP down), reducing both heat dissipation and performance.

Intel Core i5-7260U

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The Intel Core i5-7260U is a fast dual-core SoC for notebooks and Ultrabooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. The CPU has two processor cores clocked at 2.2-3.4 GHz (two cores also up to 3.4 GHz). The processor can execute up to four threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper Threading. It is also equipped with an Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 GPU with 64 MB eDRAM, a dual-channel memory controller (DDR4) as well as VP9 and H.265 video decoding as well as encoding. The chip is still manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the Core i7-7360U, the i5-7260 does have lower CPU (-200 MHz Turbo, -100 MHz Base) and GPU (-50 MHz) clocks.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

At 2.2-3.4 GHz, the Core i5-7260U has much lower clocks compared to the old Core i5-6267U (2.9-3.3 GHz), but has slightly higher Turbo clocks. Similar to the 6267U, the i6-7260U can also use the 64 MB eDRAM, which should increase the performance in some scenarios.

Graphics

The integrated Intel Iris Plus 640 Graphics is the GT3e model of the Kaby Lake GPU (Intel Gen. 9.5). It has 48 Execution Units running at 300-950 MHz (i7 models up to 1050 MHz) and the performance is comparable to a GeForce 920MX thanks to fast eDRAM cache. However, there aren't any significant improvements compared to the old Iris Pro 540, so modern games can often not be played smoothly or only at the lowest or medium settings, respectively.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby lake now also supports H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors announced in January should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, which is typical for ULV chips. Depending on the usage scenario, the TDP can vary between 7.5 (cTDP Down) and 25 Watts.

ModelIntel Core i7-6820HQIntel Core i5-7260U
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Kaby Lake
CodenameSkylakeKaby Lake
Series: Kaby Lake Kaby Lake
Intel Core i7-6920HQ compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6970HQ compare2.8 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6870HQ compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6820HK compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6820HQ « 2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6770HQ compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6700HQ compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6567U compare3.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6600U compare2.6 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6650U compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6560U compare2.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-6500U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700K compare4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 compare3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 compare3.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ compare3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 compare3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500 compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U compare3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U compare2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U compare2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U compare3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U compare2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U compare2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U compare2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U « 2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H compare3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U compare2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y75 compare1.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y57 compare1.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y54 compare1.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y32 compare1 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y30 compare1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock2700 - 3600 MHz2200 - 3400 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB128 KB
L2 Cache1 MB512 KB
L3 Cache8 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 4
TDP45 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
Die Size122 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGABGA1356
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2133 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI, vPro, TXTDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 530 (350 - 1050 MHz)Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (300 - 950 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$378 U.S.$304 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 699     avg: 703     median: 704 (4%)     max: 706 Points
373 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 149     avg: 152     median: 153 (46%)     max: 154 Points
142 Points (43%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 7.63     avg: 7.7     median: 7.7 (10%)     max: 7.7 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 1.7     avg: 1.7     median: 1.7 (43%)     max: 1.74 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 5401     avg: 5470     median: 5429 (33%)     max: 5580 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 20682     avg: 20876     median: 20868 (15%)     max: 21079 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 27072     avg: 27217     median: 27217 (19%)     max: 27362 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 6965     avg: 6978     median: 6978 (8%)     max: 6991 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 230.8     avg: 235.9     median: 235.9 (3%)     max: 241 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 7.77     avg: 7.9     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 8.03 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 3187     avg: 3642     median: 3642 (6%)     max: 4097 Points
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 44     avg: 44.2     median: 44.2 (15%)     max: 44.3 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 160.9     avg: 164     median: 164 (38%)     max: 167 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 0.386     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (0%)     max: 0.41 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 0.665     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (12%)     max: 0.69 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 6820HQ +
3.9 GB/s (10%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 6835     avg: 7008     median: 6866 (15%)     max: 7323 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 10     avg: 10.5     median: 10.5 (2%)     max: 10.99 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 23     avg: 23.6     median: 23.6 (1%)     max: 24.1 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 561     avg: 571     median: 571 (3%)     max: 581 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 24707     avg: 25336     median: 25336 (22%)     max: 25965 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 8943     avg: 9524     median: 9731 (26%)     max: 9897 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 39574     avg: 39915     median: 39915 (32%)     max: 40256 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 6820HQ +
48991 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 7287     avg: 7356     median: 7350 (19%)     max: 7431 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 6820HQ +
min: 9944     avg: 10113     median: 10096 (18%)     max: 10300 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
100%
1 6820HQ +
4047 Points (17%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
920 Points (39%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
2064 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4156 Points (42%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
8567 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 6820HQ +
4257 Points (58%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 6820HQ +
13339 Points (32%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 6820HQ +
13090 Points (23%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 6820HQ +
3668 Points (72%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 6820HQ +
13856 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 6820HQ +
3849 Points (58%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 6820HQ +
1834 ms (2%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 6820HQ +
84.2 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 6820HQ +
19404 Points (17%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 6820HQ +
77.8 Watt (13%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 6820HQ +
35.9 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 6820HQ +
19.6 Points per Watt (15%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-6820HQ → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-7260U → 73% n=2

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