Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   Let's say you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a decision by looking at the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ tests and see which is better for games or normal use for programming, machine learning, streaming, video editing, rendering. Here is useful information from various benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as Dolphin Emulator, WPrime, RealBench, Furmark, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, AIDA64, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, 3DMark, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), DaVinci Resolve Studio, SuperPi, MATLAB, VeraCrypt, PassMark, Handbrake, Blender, 7zip, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PCMark 10, Prime95.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Borderlands 3
Halo Infinite
Last Man Standing
Valheim
Valorant
Fallout 76
Fortnite
Death Stranding
Cyberpunk 2077
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
Watch Dogs Legion
Overwatch
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Rainbow Six Siege
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
DOOM: Eternal
Apex Legends

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-6700HQ or Intel Pentium Gold G6500.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

Core i7-6700HQ

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

Core i7-6700HQ

52%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a little game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which CPU comparisons were performed: NBA 2K20, Control, Forza Horizon 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Ghostrunner, Hitman 3, Monster Hunter World, Horizon Zero Dawn, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Battlefield V, Metro Exodus, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Half-Life: Alyx, League of Legends (LOL), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.3	91.7
Valorant	102.6	104.2
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	58.4
Apex Legends	96.5	98.0
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	78.2
Overwatch	83.1	84.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	71.9
DOOM Eternal	51.3	52.1
Warzone	80.1	81.3
Assassin's Creed	86.2	87.5
Valheim	85.2	86.5

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Gold G6500

59%

Core i7-6700HQ

71%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i7-6700HQ is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G6500 as it consumes less power: 58W vs. 45W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video editing or video rendering, programming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor uses all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G6500	Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Cinbench 15 Single-core	171	148
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	427	692
Cinbench 20 Single-core	424	361
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	964	1651
Cinbench 23 Single-core	628	891
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2125	3958

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G6500	Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Single-Core	2592	1937
Multi-Core	4200	6493

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G6500	Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Single-Core	1030	971
Multi-Core	2280	3643

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Gold G6500	Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Announcement date	October 01, 2020	April 01, 2015
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	FCLGA1200	FCBGA1440
Core name	Comet Lake	Skylake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	10	6
Turbo Frequency		3.5 MHz
Frequency	4.1 MHz	2.6 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate	8 GT/s	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2460 millions	1880 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	58 W	45 W
Memory type	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory	128 Gb	64 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6500 is 36% better than Core i7-6700HQ in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i7-6700HQ has 2 more core than Pentium Gold G6500. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-6700HQ is better: 23
Although it should be realized that all the data in the article above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and Intel Core i7-6700HQ before deciding which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

• Intel Pentium Gold G6500 specs and review.

• Intel Core i7-6700HQ specs and review.