Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700HQ with 4 cores 2.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 7840H with 8 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (35W vs 45W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
908
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+93%
1757
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
4239
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+275%
15930
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
1044
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+151%
2625
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
3554
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+232%
11813
Blender
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
71
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+235%
238
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
802
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+138%
1909
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
3266
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+251%
11494
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
1903
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+107%
3947
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
6474
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
+336%
28248
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Jan 2023
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Skylake
Core Architecture
Phoenix
i7-6700HQ
Processor Number
-
BGA-1440
Socket
AMD Socket FP8
HD Graphics 530
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
-
Generation
Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
-
Transistor Count
25 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
45 W
Power Consumption
35 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
178 mm²
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
-
8
Performance Core Threads
-
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
4
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
26x
Multiplier
38.0
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
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
64 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
34.1 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2700 MHz
-
Execution Units
12
-
Graphics Performance
10 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4
16
PCIe Lanes
20
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
