Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700HQ with 4 cores 2.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 7640U with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5x-7500 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)

Lower TDP (15W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

908

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +81%

1648

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

4239

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +160%

11059

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1044

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +130%

2409

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

3554

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +190%

10335

Blender

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

73

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +142%

177

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

802

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +131%

1859

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

3266

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +169%

8800

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

1903

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +89%

3601

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

6474

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U +244%

22321

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

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AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

May 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

i7-6700HQ

Processor Number

-

BGA-1440

Socket

FP8

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 760M

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

BGA-1440

Socket

FP8

45 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26x

Multiplier

35x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2600 MHz

-

Shader Units

384

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

16

-

Execution Units

6

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

4.06 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700HQ

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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