CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 6500U vs 4720HQ among all CPUs

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 6500U
5.5
Core i7 4720HQ
7.1
7500U
5.7
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 6500U
6.6
Core i7 4720HQ
8.7
7500U
7.4
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
6.8
7500U
n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 6500U
7.3
Core i7 4720HQ
6.7
7500U
6.2
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 6500U
5.8
Core i7 4720HQ
5.3
7500U
5.8
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.
7500U
n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
8.7

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i7 6500U
8.5
Core i7 4720HQ
8.7
7500U
8.4

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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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 6500U

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Significantly newer manufacturing process 14 nm vs 22 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Lower typical power consumption 12.19W vs 38.19W 3.1x lower typical power consumption
More l3 cache per core 2 MB/core vs 1.5 MB/core Around 35% more l3 cache per core
Newer Jul, 2015 vs Jan, 2015 Release date 6 months later
Lower annual home energy cost 3.61 $/year vs 11.32 $/year 3.1x lower annual home energy cost
Lower annual commercial energy cost 13.14 $/year vs 41.17 $/year 3.1x lower annual commercial energy cost
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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 4720HQ

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Higher turbo clock speed 3.6 GHz vs 3.1 GHz More than 15% higher turbo clock speed
More l2 cache 1 MB vs 0.5 MB 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Much better performance per dollar 2.17 pt/$ vs 0.15 pt/$ More than 14x better performance per dollar
Much better performance per watt 17.43 pt/W vs 9.89 pt/W More than 75% better performance per watt
Better turbo clock speed 1,200 MHz vs 1,050 MHz Around 15% better turbo clock speed
Higher GPU clock speed 400 MHz vs 300 MHz Around 35% higher GPU clock speed
Better 3DMark06 CPU score 63.5 vs 48.4 More than 30% better 3DMark06 CPU score
Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 12,250 vs 2,357 Around 5.2x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score
Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,916 vs 1,637 More than 15% better PassMark (Single core) score
More cores 4 vs 2 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
More threads 8 vs 4 Twice as many threads

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 6500U vs 4720HQ

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U
26.96 mHash/s
Core i7 4720HQ
15.5 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 6500U
20.87 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
1.08 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

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 6500U  vs
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 9.89 pt/W 17.43 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  vs
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 3.56 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.1 GHz 2.6 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.11 GHz 3.56 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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Comments

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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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