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Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D

CPU CPU
General Parameters
Release Date Sep 2015 Jun 2026
Manufacturer Intel AMD
Type Laptop Server
Instruction Set x86-64
Core Architecture Skylake Granite Ridge
Processor Number i7-6700HQ
Integrated Graphics HD Graphics 530 Radeon Graphics
Generation Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Package
Manufacturing Process 14 nm 4 nm
Socket BGA-1440 AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption 45 W 170 W
Peak Operating Temperature 100 °C 95°C
Transistor Count 16.63 billions
Foundry TSMC
Die Size 2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size 6 nm
I/O Die Size 122 mm²
Package FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores 4
Performance Core Threads 8
Performance Core Base Frequency 2.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 3.5 GHz 5.5 GHz
Total Core Count 4 16
Total Thread Count 8 32
Multiplier 26x 43.0
L1 Cache 128 K per core 80 KB per core
L2 Cache 256 K per core 1 MB per core
L3 Cache 6 MB shared 128 MB
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
SMP 1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size 64 GB
Max Memory Channels 2 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support No Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency 1050 MHz
Miscellaneous
Official Website Official Link ↗
PCIe Version 3.0 5
PCIe Lanes 16 24
Extended Instruction Set SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2