Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 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
3588 points
109% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2720 points
5548 points
103% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1419 points
2965 points
108% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points
2883 points
111% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.11 points
137.16 points
144% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points
6064 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1105 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
903 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3793 points
5310 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1184 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1071 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
111% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

772nd of 1,089
476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-6920HQ vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X beats the Core i7-6920HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6920HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6920HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6920HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its 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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