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

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

2440 points
4480 points
83% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3882 points
6621 points
70% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2013 points
3829 points
90% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1938 points
3699 points
90% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

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

644th of 1,102
402nd of 1,102

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

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-6700HQ vs Ryzen 5 7430U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7430U is faster than the Core i7-6700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7430U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U outputs less heat than Core i7-6700HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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