Speccing new laptop. CPU options: I7 6700 VS I7 6700 HQ

[Vardx]

Hey there, as per the title, I'm confused as to which is better, or what the main differences would be. Is one a mobile chip and the other a desktop CPU?

If it's relevant, I'll be speccing it with a GTX 1070.

 

[Ecky]

The 6700HQ is a mobile CPU, while the the 6700 is a desktop CPU. Both are quad cores with hyperthreading, but the 6700 is clocked lower because laptops are terrible places to put high performance parts, and are often severely thermally limited and noisy.

 

[Vardx]

Thanks a lot for the explanation. Would you recommend one over the other?

I suppose having the 6700 would likely be shitty for battery? But it does appear to offer superior power.

 

[Ecky]

The 6700HQ has a base clock of 2.6GHz, and will clock up to 3.5GHz (on one core) if power and temperature allow it. I can't find what the 2, 3 and 4 core turbo clockspeeds are, but it needs to stay within 35w so a tiny laptop cooler can keep it cool. A desktop 6700 has 65w to play with, has a baseclock of 3.4GHz, and will turbo up to 4GHz. I believe it's 4.0GHz on one core, 3.9 on 2, and 3.8 on 3 or 4 cores.

I would not put a desktop CPU in a laptop chassis. You're just asking for trouble. If it needs to be a portable machine, go for the 35w chip.

 

[Vardx]

Thanks so much for the help. I'm surprised it wouldn't work too well as it's one of the only options using the website PC Specialist. Here is the laptop in question https/www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/octaneIII-15/

 

[Ecky]

I'm really surprised, they even have the 6700K offered, which is a 91w CPU. Most desktop 6700K's have coolers on them like this: