Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs Intel Core i7-980X

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-6920HQ and Intel Core i7-980X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

874Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score649
3464Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3443
7362PassMark CPU Mark Rating6745
2098PassMark Single Thread Rating1526
41293DMark Time Spy Physics Score4192

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-6920HQProcessorIntel Core i7-980X
2900 MHzFrequency3330 MHz
3800 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
45 WTDP130 W
Intel HD Graphics 530GPU
SkylakeCodenameGulftown
FCBGA1440PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

885Single-Core Score651
3314Multi-Core Score3651
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 11.0.1 (Build 20B29)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2016)ModelEUROCOM Panther 2.0
MacBookPro13,3Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C MacBookPro13,3MotherboardEUROCOM Panther 2.0

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-6920HQNameIntel Core i7-980X
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
2.90 GHzBase Frequency3.34 GHz
Maximum Frequency3599 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameGulftown
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize12.00 GB
Frequency666 MHz
2133 MT/sTransfer Rate
LPDDR3TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

885Single-Core Score651
881Crypto Score597
857Integer Score655
946Floating Point Score 650
881
1.50 GB/sec
AES-XTS597
1.02 GB/sec
760
3.85 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)863
4.36 MB/sec
992
46.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression750
35.5 Mpixels/sec
725
2.04 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)730
2.06 MTE/sec
775
909.7 KElements/sec
HTML5624
732.1 KElements/sec
811
254.1 Krows/sec
SQLite597
186.9 Krows/sec
934
50.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering632
34.3 Mpixels/sec
883
281.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering561
178.6 KB/sec
932
7.27 Klines/sec
Clang620
4.83 Klines/sec
948
11.0 images/sec
Camera577
6.69 images/sec
993
1.24 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics577
722.4 Kpairs/sec
1156
7159.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics660
4088.4 FPS
282
15.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur493
27.1 Mpixels/sec
592
4.55 images/sec
Face Detection681
5.24 images/sec
912
22.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection698
17.2 Mpixels/sec
1809
88.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1129
55.4 Mpixels/sec
1794
24.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR1104
15.0 Mpixels/sec
1018
817.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing702
563.8 Kpixels/sec
927
8.31 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion459
4.11 Kpixels/sec
945
30.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition796
25.4 Words/sec
1072
41.4 images/sec
Machine Learning308
11.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3314Multi-Core Score3651
4421Crypto Score3653
3010Integer Score3670
3787Floating Point Score 3610
4421
7.54 GB/sec
AES-XTS3653
6.23 GB/sec
3340
16.9 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)5604
28.3 MB/sec
3530
167.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4817
227.9 Mpixels/sec
2399
6.76 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2606
7.35 MTE/sec
2325
2.73 MElements/sec
HTML53762
4.42 MElements/sec
3300
1.03 Mrows/sec
SQLite3836
1.20 Mrows/sec
3134
170.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4067
220.7 Mpixels/sec
2927
932.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering2699
859.8 KB/sec
3288
25.6 Klines/sec
Clang4035
31.4 Klines/sec
3094
35.9 images/sec
Camera2685
31.1 images/sec
4092
5.12 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3597
4.50 Mpairs/sec
5259
32583.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4736
29342.7 FPS
3138
172.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3013
165.6 Mpixels/sec
4004
30.8 images/sec
Face Detection4235
32.6 images/sec
3737
92.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4215
103.9 Mpixels/sec
5182
254.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5331
261.5 Mpixels/sec
6346
86.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR6896
94.0 Mpixels/sec
5415
4.35 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4545
3.65 Mpixels/sec
3082
27.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2787
25.0 Kpixels/sec
2100
67.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2691
86.0 Words/sec
1972
76.2 images/sec
Machine Learning1183
45.7 images/sec