Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Core i7-6820HQ vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600 beats the Core i7-6820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6820HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU because of its 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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.