AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i7-6700HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 9 5900HS 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700HQ CPU because of its slightly 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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.