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    Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs Intel Core i5-6500

    Intel Core i7-4870HQ
    Intel BGA1364MOBILE
    2500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2014
    Intel Core i7-4870HQ
    Intel Core i5-6500
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
    Intel Core i5-6500

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      113%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      103%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      124%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4870HQ

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 24% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.
    Around 13% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

    None
    Intel Core i7-4870HQ

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4870HQ

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i7-4870HQ

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4870HQ

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i7-4870HQIntel Core i5-6500
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI
    TXT
    TSX
    CLMUL
    FMA3
    VT-d
    F16C
    BMI1
    BMI2
    vPro
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    Intel Core i7-4870HQIntel Core i5-6500
    ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
    MarketMobilevsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
    CodenameCrystalwellvsSkylake
    Release DateJul 2014vsJul 2015

    Cores

    Intel Core i7-4870HQIntel Core i5-6500
    Cores4vs4
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 5200vsNo

    Cache

    Intel Core i7-4870HQIntel Core i5-6500
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Core i7-4870HQIntel Core i5-6500
    SocketIntel BGA1364vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Temp100°Cvs72°C
    PackageFC-BGA1364vsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size264mm²vs177mm²
    Process22 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i7-4870HQIntel Core i5-6500
    Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP47 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      4144 points
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      4140 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      13440 points
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      14720 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      11754
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10602

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      3423
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3693

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      12746
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      11265

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      3181
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3438

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      6621.5
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      6653

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      5300
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      5746

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      19078.5
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      19577

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      1.61
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      1.74

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      6.8
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      6.35

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      143
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      151

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      621
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      541.5

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      9.91
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10.4

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      10.56
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10.6

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      7031
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3100

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      169.97
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      174.5

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      39.52
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      36.1

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      4.2
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      2.9

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      0.66
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      0.48

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      0.37
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      0.29

    GB/s

    Sunspider 1.0

    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      114.5
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      108

    score - higher is better

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