AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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

2653 points

11% slightly better overall score

2371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points

12% slightly better gaming score

3749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

1956 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

1875 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points

57.44 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points

3456 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points

1085 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points

3487 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points

1123 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% 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

601st of 1,089

647th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

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 5 1400 vs Core i7-6820HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1400 is faster than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1400 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.