Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-4980HQ

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-6600 and Intel Core i7-4980HQ. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

957Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score862
3110Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3094
6093PassMark CPU Mark Rating6690
2278PassMark Single Thread Rating2219
34963DMark Time Spy Physics Score3584

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-6600ProcessorIntel Core i7-4980HQ
3300 MHzFrequency2800 MHz
3900 MHzMaximum Frequency4000 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP47 W
Intel HD Graphics 530GPUIntel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
SkylakeCodenameHaswell
FCLGA1151PackageFCBGA1364

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

958Single-Core Score859
3309Multi-Core Score2614
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.14.5 (Build 18F132)Operating SystemmacOS 12.0 (Build 21A5284e)
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)ModelMacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Mid 2015)
iMac17,1Model IDMacBookPro11,5
Dell Inc. Mac-DB15BD556843C820 iMac17,1MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-06F11F11946D27C5 MacBookPro11,5

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-6600NameIntel Core i7-4980HQ
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 70 Stepping 1
3.31 GHzBase Frequency2.80 GHz
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize16.00 GB
2133 MT/sTransfer Rate1600 MT/s
DDR4TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

958Single-Core Score859
983Crypto Score1157
949Integer Score799
974Floating Point Score 939
983
1.68 GB/sec
AES-XTS1157
1.97 GB/sec
971
4.91 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)796
4.03 MB/sec
1000
47.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression812
38.4 Mpixels/sec
941
2.65 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)839
2.36 MTE/sec
831
975.4 KElements/sec
HTML5714
838.5 KElements/sec
926
290.0 Krows/sec
SQLite793
248.5 Krows/sec
977
53.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering798
43.3 Mpixels/sec
960
305.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering787
250.8 KB/sec
943
7.35 Klines/sec
Clang847
6.60 Klines/sec
1000
11.6 images/sec
Camera817
9.47 images/sec
936
1.17 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics745
931.8 Kpairs/sec
1185
7339.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1004
6217.5 FPS
287
15.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur749
41.2 Mpixels/sec
600
4.62 images/sec
Face Detection827
6.37 images/sec
982
24.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection852
21.0 Mpixels/sec
1950
95.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1539
75.5 Mpixels/sec
1826
24.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1575
21.5 Mpixels/sec
1070
859.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1043
837.4 Kpixels/sec
946
8.47 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion765
6.85 Kpixels/sec
1000
32.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition744
23.8 Words/sec
1108
42.8 images/sec
Machine Learning881
34.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3309Multi-Core Score2614
4005Crypto Score3756
3097Integer Score2384
3651Floating Point Score 2921
4005
6.83 GB/sec
AES-XTS3756
6.40 GB/sec
3011
15.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2790
14.1 MB/sec
3653
172.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2557
121.0 Mpixels/sec
2234
6.30 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2694
7.60 MTE/sec
2903
3.41 MElements/sec
HTML51911
2.24 MElements/sec
3371
1.06 Mrows/sec
SQLite2298
720.0 Krows/sec
3115
169.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2437
132.3 Mpixels/sec
3118
993.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering2323
740.2 KB/sec
3337
26.0 Klines/sec
Clang2440
19.0 Klines/sec
3366
39.0 images/sec
Camera2132
24.7 images/sec
3146
3.94 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2500
3.13 Mpairs/sec
4373
27092.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3522
21822.3 FPS
3446
189.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2498
137.3 Mpixels/sec
3834
29.5 images/sec
Face Detection2921
22.5 images/sec
3371
83.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2627
64.8 Mpixels/sec
5114
250.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4614
226.3 Mpixels/sec
6310
86.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR4286
58.4 Mpixels/sec
5525
4.44 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3449
2.77 Mpixels/sec
3268
29.3 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2072
18.6 Kpixels/sec
2139
68.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2648
84.7 Words/sec
2011
77.7 images/sec
Machine Learning2093
80.9 images/sec