Intel Core i7-7560U vs Intel Core i7-6970HQ
            Intel Core i7-7560U
            
                $415
            
        
    
            Intel Core i7-6970HQ
            
                $623
            
        
    | 
                             2 Cores 
                            4 Threads 
                            2.4GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             4 Cores 
                            8 Threads 
                            2.8GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Socket 
                            BGA 1356 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Socket 
                            BGA 1440 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             iGPU 
                            
                                Iris Plus 640 1050MHz
                            
                            810 GFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             iGPU 
                            
                                Iris Pro 580 1050MHz
                            
                            1.21 TFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                                         GB6S 1,200 
                                            
                                            30% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB6S 1,210 
                                            
                                            30% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB6M 2,300 
                                            
                                            9% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB6M 4,020 
                                            
                                            15% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         CB23S N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23S N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         CB23M N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23M N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Skylake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Skylake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core 7th Gen
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core 6th Gen
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
                            
| 
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        Kaby Lake-U 
                                        - 
                                        Kaby Lake-2C-GT3 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        Skylake-H 
                                        - 
                                        Skylake-4C-GT4 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/3/2017 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/24/2016 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        Intel (PCH Die) 
                                        Intel (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        Intel (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Node 
                                        14nm+ 
                                        22nm (PCH Die) 
                                        22nm (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Node 
                                        14nm 
                                        22nm (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        148 mm² 
                                        50 mm² (PCH Die) 
                                        42 mm² (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        184 mm² 
                                        77 mm² (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        2.5 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        3.2 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         2 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         4 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         4 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         8 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        2.4GHz 
                                        3.8GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        2.8GHz 
                                        3.7GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Type 
                                        OPI 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Type 
                                        DMI 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        4GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        8GT/s 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Bandwidth 
                                        2GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth 
                                        4GB/s 
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                                         Bi-directional 
                                        4GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        8GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L2 
                                        256KB/Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L2 
                                        256KB/Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        4MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        8MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L4 
                                        64MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L4 
                                        128MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Max Memory 
                                        32GB 
                                        32GB 
                                        16GB 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Memory 
                                        64GB 
                                        32GB 
                                        16GB 
                                        
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Clock 
                                        1067MHz 
                                        800MHz 
                                        933MHz 
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        2133MT/s 
                                        1600MT/s 
                                        1866MT/s 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        1067MHz 
                                        800MHz 
                                        933MHz 
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        2133MT/s 
                                        1600MT/s 
                                        1866MT/s 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        17.1GB/s 
                                        12.8GB/s 
                                        15.0GB/s 
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        34.1GB/s 
                                        25.6GB/s 
                                        30.0GB/s 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        17.1GB/s 
                                        12.8GB/s 
                                        14.9GB/s 
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        34.1GB/s 
                                        25.6GB/s 
                                        29.9GB/s 
                                        
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                                         TDP 
                                        15W 
                                        10W cTDP Down 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        45W 
                                        35W cTDP Down 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
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                                         PCIe 3.0 x12 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                            Iris Plus 640 1050MHz
                                        
                                         384 Shaders 
                                        1050MHz 
                                        810 GFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            Iris Pro 580 1050MHz
                                        
                                         576 Shaders 
                                        1050MHz 
                                        1.21 TFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
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                                         No Cellular 
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                                         No Cellular 
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