AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i7-6820HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600X beats the Core i7-6820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6820HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. The Core i7-6820HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X 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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.