Intel Core i7-6820HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

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

2407 points
3431 points
42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3907 points
5471 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1957 points
2815 points
43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1876 points
2700 points
43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.12 points
75.50 points
25% slightly higher Blender score

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

2.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
16% slightly 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

643rd of 1,089
492nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2019 September

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
-

Core i7-6820HK vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G is faster than the Core i7-6820HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HK.

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 i7-6820HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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