Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

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

2371 points
3147 points
32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points
4989 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points
2595 points
32% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points
2494 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points
64.47 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points
3685 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points
1171 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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
2.80 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.3 GHz
19% 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

647th of 1,089
518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-6820HQ vs Ryzen 5 7520U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7520U performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6820HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ.

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.

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