Core i7-860 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HX is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-860 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-860. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Core i7-860 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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