AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 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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Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Price

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$ 87.91

$ 3143.09 significantly less expensive

$ 3231.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3411 points

38% slightly better overall score

2465 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5261 points

33% slightly better gaming score

3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2847 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

2027 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2733 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

1949 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3972 points

12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3537 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

68.88 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

56.39 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3543 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3315 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1107 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1050 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3624 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3434 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1099 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

42% 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

495th of 1,089

635th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

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 3400G vs Core i7-6700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3400G 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 and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 3400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3400G 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 3400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.