AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i7-6920HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 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

6140 points

258% significantly better overall score

1713 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points

204% significantly better gaming score

2720 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points

283% significantly better multitasking score

1419 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points

287% significantly better heavy workload score

1360 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points

161% significantly higher Blender score

56.11 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points

113% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3551 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1105 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points

102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3793 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1184 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 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

243rd of 1,089

772nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April

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 5600G vs Core i7-6920HQ comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600G is faster than the Core i7-6920HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6920HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6920HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6920HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6920HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600G thanks to a 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 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.