Intel Core i7 6700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Dragon Range
Processor Number
i7-6700
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 610M
Generation
-
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AMD Socket FL1
Power Consumption
65 W
55 W
Transistor Count
-
13.14 billions
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100°C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
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
3.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
5.2 GHz
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,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
1150 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
400 MHz
Shader Units
-
128
Texture Units
-
8
Raster Operation Units
-
4
Execution Units
-
2
Power Consumption
-
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
Cinebench R23
1,063
1,864
Cinebench R23
4,841
33,370
Geekbench 6
1,388
2,688
Geekbench 5
1,002
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Geekbench 6
4,622
15,655
Geekbench 5
3,915
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Blender
88
575
Passmark CPU
2,288
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Passmark CPU
8,087
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