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Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core i7-950
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-950
52 %
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Intel Core i7-950
50 %
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-950
71 %
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Intel Core i7-950
75 %
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
100 %
4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
Intel Core i7-950
84 %
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6700HQ | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000H (15) | Intel Core i7 900 (7) |
| Architecture | Skylake H | Bloomfield |
| Technology | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | BGA 1440 | LGA 1366 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i7-5700HQ | |
| Successor | Intel Core i7-7700HQ |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i7-6700HQ | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 2.60 GHz | 3.06 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.50 GHz | 3.33 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.20 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-6700HQ | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 530 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.05 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i7-6700HQ | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6700HQ | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 3 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 19.7 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-6700HQ | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 130 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6700HQ | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q2/2009 |
| Release price | 305 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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