AMD Ryzen 7 4800H vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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

5833 points
136% significantly better overall score
2465 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7173 points
82% significantly better gaming score
3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5387 points
165% significantly better multitasking score
2027 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5262 points
169% significantly better heavy workload score
1949 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5742 points
62% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3537 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.13 points
164% significantly higher Blender score
56.39 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5783 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3315 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1419 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1050 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6073 points
76% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3434 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1481 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1099 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
11% 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

45 W
Identical
45 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

264th of 1,089
635th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 4800H vs Core i7-6700HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 4800H 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 core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 4800H has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 4800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 7 4800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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