Core i7-6820EQ: specs and benchmarks

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Core i7-6820EQ
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.41

Core i7-6820EQ provides poor benchmark performance at 4.41% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i7-6820EQ sales 12 October 2015 at a recommended price of $378. This is a Skylake architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz - 3500 MHz (1 core) 3400 MHz (2 cores) 3300 MHz (3 cores) 3200 MHz (4 cores) and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is a processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports LPDDR3-1866 memory.

Primary details

Core i7-6820EQ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1343
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.65
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7
Power efficiency9.23of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)
Release date12 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$378of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Boost clock speed2.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier28of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache256 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache8 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size122 mm2
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-6820EQ compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i7-6820EQ. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
TSX+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-6820EQ's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size64 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i7-6820EQ.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 530

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i7-6820EQ. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-6820EQ 4.41

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-6820EQ 7001

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-6820EQ 1156

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-6820EQ 3797

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i7-6820EQ's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i5-7640X 100.45
Core i7-4790S 100.23
Core i7-6820EQ 100
Core i7-980 99.09

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i7-6820EQ is Ryzen Embedded V1404I, which is slower by 14% and lower by 136 positions in our ranking.

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i7-6820EQ, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i7-6820EQ in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 16 configurations using Core i7-6820EQ in our database.

M3000M Quadro M3000M
6.3% (1/16)
R7 370 Radeon R7 370
6.3% (1/16)
Quadro M2200 Quadro M2200
12.5% (2/16)
GTX 660 GeForce GTX 660
6.3% (1/16)
Quadro M1200 Quadro M1200
6.3% (1/16)
M1000M Quadro M1000M
12.5% (2/16)
R9 M360 Radeon R9 M360
6.3% (1/16)
R7 250 Radeon R7 250
6.3% (1/16)
HD Graphics 530 HD Graphics 530
6.3% (1/16)

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