Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

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

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Price

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$ 3231.00
$ 188.99
$ 3042.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points
7857 points
218% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points
10525 points
167% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points
6994 points
245% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points
6774 points
247% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3537 points
6449 points
82% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points
197.05 points
249% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points
12599 points
266% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points
2751 points
150% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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
3.70 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
5 GHz
42% much higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089
152nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2023 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-6700HQ vs Ryzen 5 7500F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7500F 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 7500F has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7500F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 7500F has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7500F CPU because of its 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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