Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel BGA 1364
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 22 nm
Transistors unknown 1,400 million
Die size 177 mm² 264 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C FC-BGA1364
tCaseMax 72°C 100°C

Performance

Frequency 3.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz up to 3.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32.0x 24.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 47 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status unknown Active
Release date Jul 2nd, 2015 May 27th, 2013
Codename Skylake Crystalwell
Generation Core i5 Core i7
Part SR2L6 SR15E
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 4600

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes
vPro Yes

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