Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs Intel Core i5 12400F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Alder Lake
Processor Number
i7-6700HQ
i5-12400F
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
BGA-1440
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
45 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
117 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Multiplier
26x
25x
L1 Cache
128 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,044
2,301
Geekbench 5
802
1,628
Geekbench 6
3,554
9,475
Geekbench 5
3,266
8,519
Passmark CPU
1,903
3,513
Passmark CPU
6,474
19,551
Cinebench R23
—
1,647
Cinebench R23
—
12,344
Cinebench 2024
—
102
Blender
—
210
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.