AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2740 points

11% slightly better overall score

2465 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

28% slightly better gaming score

3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

2027 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1949 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

56.39 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

3315 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1050 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

3434 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1099 points

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

3.5 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

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

581st 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

2018 October

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i7-6700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 2300X beats the Core i7-6700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

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 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 2300X thanks to a 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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.