Intel Core i7-6820HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

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

2650 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3907 points

4215 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1957 points

2190 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1876 points

2104 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.12 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

47.87 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3829 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2704 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1140 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

923 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3996 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2612 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1230 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

903 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

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

45 W

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

643rd of 1,089

602nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2019 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6820HK vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6820HK is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6820HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U outputs less heat than Core i7-6820HK thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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