Product Compare
Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Athlon Gold 20
| CPU | CPU | |
|---|---|---|
| General Parameters | ||
| Release Date | Sep 2015 | Oct 2025 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | AMD |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | |
| Core Architecture | Skylake | Mendocino |
| Processor Number | i7-6700HQ | |
| Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 | Radeon 610M |
| Generation | Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino)) | |
| Package | ||
| Manufacturing Process | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Socket | BGA-1440 | AMD Socket FT6 |
| Power Consumption | 45 W | 15 W |
| Peak Operating Temperature | 100 °C | 95°C |
| Foundry | TSMC | |
| Die Size | 100 mm² | |
| Package | FT6 | |
| CPU Performance | ||
| Performance Cores | 4 | |
| Performance Core Threads | 8 | |
| Performance Core Base Frequency | 2.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Performance Core Turbo Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Total Core Count | 4 | 2 |
| Total Thread Count | 8 | 4 |
| Multiplier | 26x | 24.0 |
| L1 Cache | 128 K per core | 64 KB per core |
| L2 Cache | 256 K per core | 512 KB per core |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB shared | 4 MB shared |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | |
| SMP | 1 | |
| Memory Parameters | ||
| Memory Types | DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 | LPDDR5-5500 |
| Max Memory Size | 64 GB | |
| Max Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | |
| ECC Memory Support | No | No |
| Graphics Card Parameters | ||
| Integrated Graphics | true | |
| GPU Max Dynamic Frequency | 1050 MHz | |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Official Website | Official Link ↗ | |
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | 3 |
| PCIe Lanes | 16 | 4 |
| Extended Instruction Set | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 1044 | 888 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 3554 | 1822 |