Processor Intel Core i7-6970HQ, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i7-6970HQ

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000H
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Intel Core i7-6970HQ Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.30 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  72
• Shader
  576
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9
• DirectX Version
  12.0
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  35 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake H
• Technology
  14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1440
• Release date
  Q1/2016
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Intel Core i7-6970HQ CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  263 place