Intel Core i7-3615QE vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M Intel Core i 6000H
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  3 6
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo 3.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 12
• Execution units
  16 24
• Generation
  7 9
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics 530
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2015
• Shader
  128 192
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6700HQ and Intel Core i7-3615QE. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1066 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-3615QE and Intel Core i7-6700HQ Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-3615QE and Intel Core i7-6700HQ, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Skylake H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q3/2015
• Socket
  BGA 1023 BGA 1440
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d