Intel Core i7 6500U vs 4720HQ

older Released July, 2015

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 6500U

	Significantly newer manufacturing process 14 nm		Significantly lower typical power consumption 12.19W
	More l3 cache per core 2 MB/core		Significantly lower annual home energy cost 3.61 $/year

older Released January, 2015

Reasons to buy the 4720HQ

	Much better 3DMark06 CPU score 63.5		Much better performance per dollar 2.13 pt/$
	Higher turbo clock speed 3.6 GHz		More l2 cache 1 MB

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 6500U 5.4 Core i7 4720HQ 6.1 Core i7 6700HQ 6.1
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 6500U 7.7 Core i7 4720HQ 9.2 Core i7 6700HQ 8.6
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 6500U n.d. Core i7 4720HQ n.d. Core i7 6700HQ n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 6500U 6.6 Core i7 4720HQ 6.0 Core i7 6700HQ 6.9
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 6500U 6.6 Core i7 4720HQ 5.5 Core i7 6700HQ 5.5
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i7 6500U n.d. Core i7 4720HQ n.d. Core i7 6700HQ n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

8.6	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i7 6500U 8.6 Core i7 4720HQ 8.4 Core i7 6700HQ 8.8

Winner
Intel Core i7 4720HQ

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i7 4720HQ based on its performance, single-core performance and value.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 6500U

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Significantly newer manufacturing process

14 nm

22 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

Significantly lower typical power consumption

12.19W

38.19W

3.1x lower typical power consumption

More l3 cache per core

2 MB/core

1.5 MB/core

Around 35% more l3 cache per core

Significantly lower annual home energy cost

3.61 $/year

11.32 $/year

3.1x lower annual home energy cost

Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost

13.14 $/year

41.17 $/year

3.1x lower annual commercial energy cost

Better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.1 GHz

2.6 GHz

Around 20% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

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Jan, 2015

Release date 6 months later

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 4720HQ

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Much better 3DMark06 CPU score

63.5

48.4

More than 30% better 3DMark06 CPU score

Much better performance per dollar

2.13 pt/$

0.38 pt/$

More than 5.5x better performance per dollar

Higher turbo clock speed

3.6 GHz

3.1 GHz

More than 15% higher turbo clock speed

More l2 cache

1 MB

0.5 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Much better performance per watt

17.09 pt/W

9.95 pt/W

More than 70% better performance per watt

Significantly better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score

238.91 fps

156.25 fps

Around 55% better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score

Significantly better turbo clock speed

1,200 MHz

1,050 MHz

Around 15% better turbo clock speed

Slightly more l3 cache

6 MB

4 MB

50% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later

Better PassMark score

8,034

4,428

More than 80% better PassMark score

Higher GPU clock speed

400 MHz

300 MHz

Around 35% higher GPU clock speed

More cores

Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

More threads

Twice as many threads

Better PassMark (Single core) score

1,916

1,637

More than 15% better PassMark (Single core) score

Better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.54 GHz

3.11 GHz

Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U

26.91 mHash/s

Core i7 4720HQ

15.5 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 6500U

21.23 mPixels/s

Core i7 4720HQ

15.56 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U

1.29 fps

Core i7 4720HQ

-1 fps

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

2,357

Core i7 4720HQ

12,250

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

1,910

Core i7 4720HQ

3,216

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

3,265 MB/s

Core i7 4720HQ

4,085,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 6500U

4,428

Core i7 4720HQ

8,034

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 6500U

1,637

Core i7 4720HQ

1,916

summary	Core i7 6500U	4720HQ
Clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Quad core
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	15W	47W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	11.32 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	13.14 $/year	41.17 $/year
Performance per watt	9.95 pt/W	17.09 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	38.19W
bus
Architecture	FSB	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	4,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 6500U	4720HQ
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	8
L2 cache	0.5 MB	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	14 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.11 GHz	3.54 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.1 GHz	2.6 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.11 GHz	3.54 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 520	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	1,200 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	12,800 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

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Alejandro Saric (02:45 AM, January 14, 2017)

Dears Sirs I copy these from above: between " " "CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 6500U vs 4720HQ among all CPUs" The result said that 6500U obtain 8,4 "8,4 CPUBoss Score Combination of all six facets" "Winner Intel Core i7 6500U" but the 8,4 score correspond to the 4720HQ 6500U has 8,2 score Is there a mistake or not? Are you considering the low or the high score?

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