Intel Core i7-6820HQ

The Intel Core i7-6820HQ is a quad-core processor based on the Skylake architecture, that has been launched in September 2015. In addition to four CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.7 - 3.6 GHz (4 cores: max. 3.2 GHz, 2 cores: max. 3.4 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 530 GPU and a dual-channel DDR4-2133/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The CPU is manufactured using a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the very similar Core i7-6820HK, the Core i7-6820HQ supports additional administration and security features like Intel vPro and TXT, but lacks the unlocked multiplier for OC.

Architecture

Skylake replaces both Haswell and Broadwell and brings the same microarchitecture in every TDP class from 4.5 to 45 W. The extensive improvements of the Skylake design include increased out-of-order buffers, optimized prefetching and branch prediction as well as additional performance gains through Hyper-Threading. Overall, however, performance per clock has been increased by only 5 to 10 percent (compared to Haswell) respectively under 5 percent (compard to Broadwell), which is quite modest for a new architecture ("Tock").

Performance

Thanks to the improved architecture, the Core i7-6820HQ performs roughly on par with the former Core i7-4900MQ (Haswell) or the Core i7-5700HQ (Broadwell). Under long-lasting full load, the Skylake chip will take the lead over most of its Haswell-based predecessors, as the advanced 14 nm process leads to a higher energy efficiency and reduces throttling.

Even the most demanding applications and excessive multitasking are handled easily.

Graphics

The integrated graphics unit called HD Graphics 530 represents the "GT2" version of the Skylake GPU (Intel Gen. 9). The 24 Execution Units, also called EUs, are clocked at 350 - 1050 MHz and offer a performance about 20 percent above the old HD Graphics 4600. Games of 2015 can thus be played smoothly in low or medium settings. For more information about performance and features, check our page for the HD Graphics 530.

Power Consumption

Specified at a TDP of 45 W (including CPU, GPU and memory controller), the CPU is best suited for bigger notebooks 15-inches in size and above. Optionally, the TDP can be lowered to 35 watts (cTDP down), reducing both heat dissipation and performance.

Series

Intel Core i7

Codename

Skylake

Series: Core i7 Skylake

Intel Core i7-6920HQ (compare)	2900 - 3800 MHz	4 / 8	8 MB
Intel Core i7-6970HQ (compare)	2800 - 3700 MHz	4 / 8	8 MB
Intel Core i7-6870HQ (compare)	2700 - 3600 MHz	4 / 8	8 MB
Intel Core i7-6820HK (compare)	2700 - 3600 MHz	4 / 8	8 MB
» Intel Core i7-6820HQ	2700 - 3600 MHz	4 / 8	8 MB
Intel Core i7-6770HQ (compare)	2600 - 3500 MHz	4 / 8	6 MB
Intel Core i7-6700HQ (compare)	2600 - 3500 MHz	4 / 8	6 MB
Intel Core i7-6567U (compare)	3300 - 3600 MHz	2 / 4	4 MB
Intel Core i7-6600U (compare)	2600 - 3400 MHz	2 / 4	4 MB
Intel Core i7-6650U (compare)	2200 - 3400 MHz	2 / 4	4 MB
Intel Core i7-6560U (compare)	2200 - 3200 MHz	2 / 4	4 MB
Intel Core i7-6500U (compare)	2500 - 3100 MHz	2 / 4	4 MB

Clock Rate

2700 - 3600 MHz

Level 1 Cache

256 KB

Level 2 Cache

1 MB

Level 3 Cache

8 MB

Number of Cores / Threads

4 / 8

Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)

45 Watt

Manufacturing Technology

14 nm

Die Size

122 mm²

Max. Temperature

100 °C

Socket

BGA

Features

Dual-Channel DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2133 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI, vPro, TXT

GPU

Intel HD Graphics 530 (350 - 1050 MHz)

64 Bit

64 Bit support

Starting Price

$378 U.S.

Announcement Date

09/01/2015

Product Link (external)

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit

min: 699 avg: 703 median: 704 (33%) max: 706 Points

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Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit

min: 149 avg: 152 median: 153 (26%) max: 154 Points

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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Multi 64Bit

min: 7.63 avg: 7.7 median: 7.7 (32%) max: 7.7 Points

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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Single 64Bit

min: 1.7 avg: 1.7 median: 1.7 (76%) max: 1.74 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit

min: 5401 avg: 5470 median: 5429 (65%) max: 5580 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit

min: 20682 avg: 20876.3 median: 20868 (42%) max: 21079 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit

min: 27072 avg: 27217 median: 27217 (67%) max: 27362 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit

min: 6965 avg: 6978 median: 6978 (77%) max: 6991 Points

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wPrime 2.0x - 1024m *

min: 230.77 avg: 235.9 median: 235.9 (3%) max: 241 seconds

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wPrime 2.0x - 32m *

min: 7.77 avg: 7.9 median: 7.9 (2%) max: 8.03 seconds

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WinRAR - Result

min: 3187 avg: 3642 median: 3642 (43%) max: 4097 KB/s

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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2

min: 44 avg: 44.2 median: 44.2 (36%) max: 44.3 fps

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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1

min: 160.9 avg: 164 median: 164 (70%) max: 167 fps

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TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB

min: 0.386 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (0%) max: 0.41 GB/s

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TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB

min: 0.665 avg: 0.7 median: 0.7 (0%) max: 0.69 GB/s

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TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB

3.9 GB/s (32%)

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3DMark 06 - CPU

min: 6835 avg: 7008 median: 6866 (54%) max: 7323 Points

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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *

min: 10 avg: 10.5 median: 10.5 (2%) max: 10.99 Seconds

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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *

min: 23 avg: 23.6 median: 23.6 (1%) max: 24.1 Seconds

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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M *

min: 561 avg: 571 median: 571 (3%) max: 581 Seconds

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3DMark Vantage - P CPU no PhysX 1280x1024

min: 24707 avg: 25336 median: 25336 (46%) max: 25965 Points

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3DMark 11 - Performance Physics 1280x720

min: 8943 avg: 9523.7 median: 9731 (59%) max: 9897 points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720

min: 39574 avg: 39915 median: 39915 (26%) max: 40256 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen

48991 Points (69%)

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720

min: 7287 avg: 7356 median: 7350 (19%) max: 7431 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Physics 1920x1080

min: 9944 avg: 10113.3 median: 10096 (45%) max: 10300 Points

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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score

13090 Points (42%)

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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score

3668 Points (79%)

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

13856 Points (37%)

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

3849 Points (78%)

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Geekbench 4.0 - Compute OpenCL Score

43771 Points (21%)

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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

13339 Points (48%)

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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

4257 Points (74%)

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *

1833.8 ms (3%)

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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score *

84.2 ms (2%)

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Octane V2 - Total Score

19404 Points (40%)

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Power Consumption - Prime95 V28,10 Stress Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra *

77.8 Watt (34%)

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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra *

35.9 Watt (15%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad P50	Quadro M2000M	8192 MB	1136 / 1252 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	@2.7 GHz 592
Lenovo ThinkPad P70	Quadro M3000M	16384 MB	1050 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	699
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2016 (2.7 GHz, 455)	Radeon Pro 455	16384 MB	855 / 1270 MHz	2048MB GDDR5 Win 10	704
HP ZBook Studio G3	Quadro M1000M	16384 MB	1124 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 362.13	706

Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad P50	Quadro M2000M	8192 MB	1136 / 1252 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	@2.7 GHz 117
HP ZBook Studio G3	Quadro M1000M	16384 MB	1124 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 362.13	149
Lenovo ThinkPad P70	Quadro M3000M	16384 MB	1050 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	153
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2016 (2.7 GHz, 455)	Radeon Pro 455	16384 MB	855 / 1270 MHz	2048MB GDDR5 Win 10	154

Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad P50	Quadro M2000M	8192 MB	1136 / 1252 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	@2.7 GHz 6.48
Lenovo ThinkPad P70	Quadro M3000M	16384 MB	1050 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	7.63
HP ZBook Studio G3	Quadro M1000M	16384 MB	1124 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 362.13	7.7

Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad P50	Quadro M2000M	8192 MB	1136 / 1252 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	@2.7 GHz 1.32
Lenovo ThinkPad P70	Quadro M3000M	16384 MB	1050 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	1.7
HP ZBook Studio G3	Quadro M1000M	16384 MB	1124 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 362.13	1.74

Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo ThinkPad P50	Quadro M2000M	8192 MB	1136 / 1252 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	@2.7 GHz 4420
HP ZBook Studio G3	Quadro M1000M	16384 MB	1124 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 362.13	5401
Lenovo ThinkPad P70	Quadro M3000M	16384 MB	1050 / 1253 MHz	4096MB GDDR5 ForceWare 354.25	5429
Apple MacBook Pro 15 2016 (2.7 GHz, 455)	Radeon Pro 455	16384 MB	855 / 1270 MHz	2048MB GDDR5	5580