Intel Core i7 6820HQ vs AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6820HQ with 4 cores 2.7GHz and AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 with 8 cores 3.6GHz . 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 Pro 385 '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 (4 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
1037
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385
+161%
2710
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6820HQ
3560
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385
+301%
14307
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Skylake
Core Architecture
Strix Halo
i7-6820HQ
Processor Number
-
BGA-1440
Socket
AMD Socket FP11
HD Graphics 530
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8050S
-
Generation
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
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
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
36.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
8 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 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
4
34.1 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Execution Units
32
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4
16
PCIe Lanes
16
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
