How is CPUBoss score calculated?

[Lumia925]

In THIS page, the i7 6500U scored 8.4 and the i7 5500u scored 8.6
And then if you scroll down, it says CPUBoss declares the 6500u as winner.

I'm confused, shouldn't the 6500u score more than the 5500u to be declared the winner?

 

[Gam3r01]

Poorly?
Instead of going on a rant about the BOSS sites, I will just say this. Dont use them, just, dont.
Lets just point this out: Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz.
Ah yes, water cooling, on a mobile processor, integrated into a laptop... yeah.
Not to mention the 5500u has a 3GHz boost clock, not 2.4

 

[Lumia925]

I'm not saying the 5500u is better than the 6500u, I'm just confused about the scoring system.
The 6500u wins everywhere, yet they gave it a lower score.
6th gen is better than 5th, right?

 

[Gam3r01]

Oh Im not comparing them to recommend which is better (or disagreeing with you) but rather showing how blatantly incorrect CPUBoss is.
They are known to report false results, withold information (Example, they left out the integrated graphics on the 6500u which are far superior than the 5500u), and generally be biased.
They arent reliable with their "scoring"

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Any tech site with BOSS in it should be avoided , they are a joke.

 

[GhislainG]

In THIS page, the i7 6500U scored 8.4 and the i7 5500u scored 8.6
And then if you scroll down, it says CPUBoss declares the 6500u as winner.

I'm confused, shouldn't the 6500u score more than the 5500u to be declared the winner?

Use this site to compare them: http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/860/Intel_Core_i7_Mobile_i7-5500U_vs_Intel_Core_i7_Mobile_i7-6500U.html

 

[TJ Hooker]

Use this site to compare them: http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/860/Intel_Core_i7_Mobile_i7-5500U_vs_Intel_Core_i7_Mobile_i7-6500U.html

If all you want is a comparison of the specs for each CPU, I'd say it's just as easy to go directly to the Intel product pages.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/85214,88194

 

[GhislainG]

They don't provide benchmarks for all processors, but when they do they seem to make sense.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Synthetic benchmarks are flawed right from the start. If the benchmark doesn't involve the task and software that you'll be using then the result is meaningless.

Stick to benchmarks relative to the things you'll be doing.

 

[Lumia925]

Thanks everyone, used that "CPU Boss" thing as it was the first result on my google search page.

GhislainG, thanks for the link, I'll use this site to compare CPUs from now on, bookmarked

 

[Lumia925]

Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz.
Ah yes, water cooling, on a mobile processor, integrated into a laptop... yeah...

Is this even possible? I've never yet seen a single laptop from Dell/HP/Asus/Toshiba/Sony/Acer/ even Apple, that comes with water cooling.

 

[Gam3r01]

They do exist, but in this case they dont have one. They are just slapping a template over some numbers and hoping nobody notices.
Heres the lappy: http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2015/10/gx700_vapor-100621068-orig.png
It has a i7-6820HK so thats why the Boss water cooling was simply wrong.