AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 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

7869 points
231% significantly better overall score
2371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
152% significantly better gaming score
3749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
274% significantly better multitasking score
1956 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
282% significantly better heavy workload score
1875 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
271% significantly higher Blender score
57.44 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
191% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3456 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1085 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
192% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3487 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1123 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

3.8 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
30% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
647th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-6820HQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-6820HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X 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 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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