Intel Core i7-6770HQ: specs and benchmarks

General info
Technical specs
Technologies
Memory
Integrated video card
Benchmarks
Gaming
AMD equivalent
User rating
Advices and comments
Summary
Intel started Intel Core i7-6770HQ sales 24 January 2016 at a recommended price of $434. This is 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 3500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1440 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 8.13 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX.
General info
Of Core i7-6770HQ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Value for money (0-100)
0.61
Type
Laptop
Series
Intel Core i7
Architecture codename
Skylake
Release date
24 January 2016
Launch price (MSRP)
$434
Technical specs
Core i7-6770HQ's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Core i7-6770HQ's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Number of cores
4
Number of threads
8
64 bit support
+
Compatibility
Information on Core i7-6770HQ compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Socket
FCBGA1440
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-6770HQ. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions
Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI
+
AVX
+
vPro
-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)
+
eDRAM
128 MB
Turbo Boost
2.0
Hyper-Threading
+
Idle States
+
Thermal Monitoring
+
Smart Response
+
Security technologies
Core i7-6770HQ technologies aimed at raising security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT
+
EDB
+
Secure Key
+
MPX
+
SGX
Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard
+
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-6770HQ are enumerated here.
AMD-V
+
VT-d
+
VT-x
+
EPT
+
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-6770HQ.
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into Core i7-6770HQ.
Max video memory
64 GB
Quick Sync
+
Clear Video HD
+
Graphics max frequency
950 MHz
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-6770HQ's integrated GPU.
Number of displays supported
3
eDP
+
DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+
DVI
+
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-6770HQ's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
4K resolution support
+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4
4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP
4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort
4096x2304@60Hz
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core i7-6770HQ's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX
12
OpenGL
4.5
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of Core i7-6770HQ's supported peripherals.
PCIe revision
3.0
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Core i7-6770HQ. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
8.13
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
5536
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
21075
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
1.66
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
8
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
130
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
711
x264 encoding pass 1
165
x264 encoding pass 2
44
TrueCrypt AES
3.9
Passmark
7216
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Core i7-6770HQ is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Core i7-6770HQ performance compared to nearest competitors. All CPU types participate.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Core i7-6770HQ from AMD is Ryzen 7 3780U, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our rating.