Intel Core i7-6700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3117 points
3871 points
24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4991 points
5312 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2559 points
3476 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2457 points
3483 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.31 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
53.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
Identical
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

523rd of 1,089
447th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-6700 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G performs better than the Core i7-6700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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