AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 3151.01 significantly less expensive

$ 3231.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2465 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

6% slightly better gaming score

3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2027 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

1949 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

3537 points

30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

56.39 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

3315 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

1050 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

3434 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1099 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

635th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i7-6700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700HQ beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-6700HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 1200 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.