AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i7-6820HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600X performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6820HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.