AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX 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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$ 1963.00

$ 1268.00 significantly less expensive

$ 3231.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2551 points

3% slightly better overall score

2465 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4199 points

6% slightly better gaming score

3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

2027 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1989 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

1949 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.48 points

56.39 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2494 points

3315 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

867 points

1050 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2670 points

3434 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

916 points

1099 points

19% 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

2.3 GHz

2.6 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

615th of 1,089

635th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3700U vs Core i7-6700HQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700U performs better than the Core i7-6700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 3700U. A Ryzen 7 3700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.