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Differences What are the advantages of each Reasons to consider the

Intel Core i7 6700HQ Report a correction Report a correction Much newer manufacturing process 14 nm vs 32 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor Much better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score 226.21 fps vs 60.28 fps More than 3.8x better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score Higher clock speed 2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz Around 10% higher clock speed More number of displays supported 3 vs 2 1 more number of displays supported Newer Jul, 2015 vs Sep, 2011 Release date over 3 years later Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.51 GHz vs 3.04 GHz More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) Better PassMark score 8,134 vs 6,626 Around 25% better PassMark score Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,802 vs 1,596 Around 15% better PassMark (Single core) score Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz More than 45% better overclocked clock speed (Water) Reasons to consider the

Intel Core i7 2760QM Report a correction Report a correction Much better performance per dollar 1.99 pt/$ vs 0.62 pt/$ Around 3.2x better performance per dollar Much better performance per watt 16.71 pt/W vs 5.19 pt/W Around 3.2x better performance per watt Much higher GPU clock speed 650 MHz vs 350 MHz More than 85% higher GPU clock speed Much better turbo clock speed 1,300 MHz vs 1,050 MHz Around 25% better turbo clock speed Supports trusted computing Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing

Specifications Full list of technical specs summary Core i7 6700HQ vs 2760QM Clock speed 2.6 GHz 2.4 GHz Turbo clock speed 3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz Cores Quad core Quad core Is unlocked No No features Has a NX bit Yes Yes Supports trusted computing No Yes Has virtualization support Yes Yes Instruction set extensions SSE2 MMX SSE4 AVX SSE3 SSE SSE4.1 SSE4.2 Supplemental SSE3 AES AVX 2.0 Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes power consumption TDP 45W 45W Annual home energy cost 10.84 $/year 10.84 $/year Annual commercial energy cost 39.42 $/year 39.42 $/year Performance per watt 5.19 pt/W 16.71 pt/W Typical power consumption 36.56W 36.56W bus Architecture FSB DMI Number of links 1 1 Transfer rate 8,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s details Core i7 6700HQ vs 2760QM Architecture x86-64 x86-64 Threads 8 8 L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core 1.5 MB/core Manufacture process 14 nm 32 nm Max CPUs 1 1 overclocking Overclocked clock speed 3.51 GHz 3.04 GHz Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.5 GHz 2.4 GHz Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.51 GHz 3.04 GHz integrated graphics GPU GPU GPU Label Intel® HD Graphics 530 Intel® HD Graphics 3000 Number of displays supported 3 2 GPU clock speed 350 MHz 650 MHz Turbo clock speed 1,050 MHz 1,300 MHz memory controller Memory controller Built-in Built-in Memory type DDR3-1600 DDR3L-1600 DDR3-1333 DDR3-1066 DDR3 Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel Supports ECC No No Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s Maximum memory size 65,536 MB 32,768 MB