Core i7-6700HQ vs Ryzen 7 8840HS comparison
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840HS beats the Core i7-6700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840HS 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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