AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i7 6700HQ with 4 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (68.27GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+61%
1466
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
908
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+202%
12815
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
4239
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+94%
2034
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
1044
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+107%
7376
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
3554
Geekbench 5 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+90%
1528
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
802
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+169%
8790
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
3266
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+73%
3308
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
1903
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+220%
20753
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
6474
General Parameters
Apr 2021
Release Date
Sep 2015
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Cezanne
Core Architecture
Skylake
-
Processor Number
i7-6700HQ
FP6
Socket
BGA-1440
Radeon RX Vega 8
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Package
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
45 W
Power Consumption
45 W
105 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
8
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
8
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
33x
Multiplier
26x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
128 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
64 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
68.27 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
1750 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
512
Shader Units
-
32
Texture Units
-
8
Raster Operation Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
16
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
