AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 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

3069 points
24% slightly better overall score
2465 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4852 points
23% slightly better gaming score
3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2533 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
2027 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2427 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
1949 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.00 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
56.39 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3526 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3315 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1224 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1050 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3621 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3434 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1099 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
Identical
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

531st of 1,089
635th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Core i7-6700HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 5300U performs better than the Core i7-6700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 5300U and Core i7-6700HQ are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700HQ CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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