Intel Core i7-860 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

1632 points
7025 points
330% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2607 points
8549 points
227% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1342 points
6518 points
385% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1289 points
6374 points
394% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.74 points
184.59 points
500% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points
9429 points
539% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

441 points
1960 points
344% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points
9459 points
541% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

451 points
1979 points
338% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.8 GHz
3.30 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.46 GHz
4.9 GHz
41% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

783rd of 1,089
192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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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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