Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile 6 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

1713 points
4208 points
145% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2720 points
6127 points
125% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1419 points
3638 points
156% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points
3518 points
158% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.11 points
94.21 points
67% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3793 points
5599 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1184 points
1594 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

772nd of 1,089
420th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2021 March

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 i7-6920HQ vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6920HQ performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6920HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6920HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6920HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outputs less heat than Core i7-6920HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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