Celeron J4025 vs Core i7-6700HQ

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-6700HQ
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.22
+344%

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by a whopping 344% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13102406
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.61
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i7no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years ago)4 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$378no data
Current price$604 (1.6x MSRP)$587

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.9 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB4 MB
L3 cache6 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1440FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP-no data
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 530Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory64 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-6700HQ and Celeron J4025.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

i7-6700HQ 4.22
+344%
Celeron J4025 0.95

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 344% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-6700HQ 6530
+344%
Celeron J4025 1470

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 344% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-6700HQ 1087
+217%
Celeron J4025 343

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 217% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-6700HQ 3419
+516%
Celeron J4025 555

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 516% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-6700HQ 5419
+132%
Celeron J4025 2337

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 132% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-6700HQ 20190
+343%
Celeron J4025 4556

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 343% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-6700HQ 7092
+175%
Celeron J4025 2575

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 175% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i7-6700HQ 7.7
+304%
Celeron J4025 31.07

Celeron J4025 outperforms Core i7-6700HQ by 304% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i7-6700HQ 7
+312%
Celeron J4025 2

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 312% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-6700HQ 676
+357%
Celeron J4025 148

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 357% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-6700HQ 144
+87%
Celeron J4025 77

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 87% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i7-6700HQ 1.64
+70.8%
Celeron J4025 0.96

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 71% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-6700HQ 3.8
+280%
Celeron J4025 1

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 280% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-6700HQ 4618
+490%
Celeron J4025 783

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 490% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-6700HQ 42
+296%
Celeron J4025 11

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 296% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-6700HQ 157
+197%
Celeron J4025 53

Core i7-6700HQ outperforms Celeron J4025 by 197% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.22 0.95
Integrated graphics card 2.59 0.86
Recency 1 September 2015 4 November 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 10 Watt

The Core i7-6700HQ is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4025 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core i7-6700HQ is a notebook processor while Celeron J4025 is a desktop one.


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