Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

5865 points

10% slightly better overall score

5291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points

2% slightly better gaming score

7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

4729 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

4589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

129.09 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7501 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points

1825 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd of 1,089

311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen 5 6600H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 6600H performs better than the Core i7-7820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-7820X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Indeed, the Core i7-7820X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 6600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 6600H.

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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.