Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8 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

2443 points

7028 points

187% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3889 points

8379 points

115% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2015 points

6623 points

228% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1940 points

6517 points

235% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

164.73 points

192% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

9396 points

173% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

2142 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.30 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

5.1 GHz

45% significantly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

660th of 1,124

202nd of 1,124

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7 PRO

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6700HQ vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.