Intel Core i7 9800X vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Skylake
Processor Number
i7-9800X
i7-6700HQ
Integrated Graphics
N/A
HD Graphics 530
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
BGA-1440
Power Consumption
165 W
45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
—
Multiplier
38x
26x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
128 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
17 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
44
16
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1050 MHz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,263
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Cinebench R23
13,055
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Geekbench 6
1,314
1,044
Geekbench 5
1,225
802
Geekbench 6
7,991
3,554
Geekbench 5
9,648
3,266
Passmark CPU
2,573
1,903
Passmark CPU
18,121
6,474
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.