Intel Core i7 6820HQ vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6820HQ with 4 cores 2.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8940H with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i7 6820HQ 's Advantages
Lower TDP (45W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
1037
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
+142%
2512
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
3560
AMD Ryzen 9 8940H
+268%
13104
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Jan 2024
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Skylake
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
i7-6820HQ
Processor Number
-
BGA-1440
Socket
FP8
HD Graphics 530
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
Package
-
Transistor Count
25 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
45 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
4
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
40x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
8 MB
8 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB
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
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
-
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
1500 MHz
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Shader Units
768
-
Texture Units
48
-
Raster Operation Units
32
-
Execution Units
12
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
8.12 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
16
PCIe Lanes
20
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
