Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Dragon Range
Processor Number
i7-6700HQ
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
BGA-1440
AMD Socket FL1
Power Consumption
45 W
55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Transistor Count
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13.14 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
I/O Die Size
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122 mm²
Package
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µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
8
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
5.2 GHz
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
32
Multiplier
26x
24.0
L1 Cache
128 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
Shader Units
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128
Texture Units
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8
Raster Operation Units
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4
Execution Units
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2
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,044
2,688
Geekbench 5
802
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Geekbench 6
3,554
15,655
Geekbench 5
3,266
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Passmark CPU
1,903
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Passmark CPU
6,474
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Cinebench R23
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1,864
Cinebench R23
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33,370
Blender
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575
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.