Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points
4480 points
81% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points
6621 points
68% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points
3829 points
88% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points
3699 points
89% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points
86.99 points
54% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.3 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

637th of 1,092
395th of 1,092

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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