Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
i7-6700HQ
270HX
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Generation
-
Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1440
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
45 W
45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Transistor Count
-
17.8 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
160 W
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
243 mm²
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
8
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
5.3 GHz
Total Core Count
4
20
Total Thread Count
8
20
Multiplier
26x
24
L1 Cache
128 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
12
Efficiency Core Threads
-
12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1900 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
Shader Units
-
512
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
16
Execution Units
-
64
Power Consumption
-
14
Miscellaneous
AI Accelerator
NPU
-
Yes
Theoretical performance
-
13 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,044
2,995
Geekbench 5
802
-
Geekbench 6
3,554
16,892
Geekbench 5
3,266
-
Passmark CPU
1,903
-
Passmark CPU
6,474
-
Cinebench R23
-
2,022
Cinebench R23
-
28,042
Cinebench 2024
-
131