Intel Core i7 6820HQ vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6820HQ with 4 cores 2.7GHz and AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz . 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 55W)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
891
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+143%
2172
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
4287
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+617%
30768
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
1037
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+180%
2909
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
3560
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+421%
18560
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Skylake
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
i7-6820HQ
Processor Number
-
BGA-1440
Socket
FP11
HD Graphics 530
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8050S
-
Generation
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
-
Transistor Count
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
45 W
Power Consumption
55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
12
8
Performance Core Threads
24
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
0
-
Efficiency Core Threads
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
24
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
32
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
8 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
64 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
34.1 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Shader Units
2048
-
Texture Units
128
-
Raster Operation Units
64
-
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
45-120
-
Max Resolution
-
Graphics Performance
11.47 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5.0
16
PCIe Lanes
16
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
