Intel Core i7-6700T vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

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

2714 points
3172 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4539 points
4936 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2180 points
2640 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2087 points
2535 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3628 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3447 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1154 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
911 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3579 points
3602 points
0.64% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1206 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1144 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.5 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

584th of 1,089
515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-6700T vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 beats the Core i7-6700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700T. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700T. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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