Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700HQ with 4 cores 2.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3550H with 4 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700HQ 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2400 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (35.76GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Lower TDP (12W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

908

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H +3%

936

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ +2%

4239

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

4123

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1044

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H +7%

1119

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

3554

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H +3%

3661

Blender

Intel Core i7 6700HQ +19%

73

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

61

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

802

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H +11%

898

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

3266

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H +4%

3423

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1903

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H +7%

2046

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

6474

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H +21%

7865

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

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AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jan 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Picasso

i7-6700HQ

Processor Number

-

BGA-1440

Socket

FP5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 8

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.9 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

BGA-1440

Socket

FP5

45 W

Power Consumption

12-35 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

105 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26x

Multiplier

21x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

35.76 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

512

-

Texture Units

32

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

8

-

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

1.13 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

12

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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