AMD Ryzen 7 5700U 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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Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Price

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$ 912.90

$ 2318.10 significantly less expensive

$ 3231.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4897 points

98% significantly better overall score

2465 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6449 points

63% significantly better gaming score

3937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4413 points

117% significantly better multitasking score

2027 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4297 points

120% significantly better heavy workload score

1949 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4322 points

22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3537 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.70 points

110% significantly higher Blender score

56.39 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5138 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3315 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1359 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1050 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5383 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3434 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1391 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1099 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz

2.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

22% 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

356th 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

2021 December

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i7-6700HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700U 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700U has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-6700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6700HQ has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700U 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.

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 7 5700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.