amd ryzen 5 5600g vs intel core i7 6700hq
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i7 6700HQ (Laptop) 4-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
- Newer released 6 years later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Around 17.1 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size
- 20% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 3.5 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
- Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i7 6700HQ
- Consumes up to 31% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G – 45 vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i7 6700HQ | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | April 13 2021 | September 1 2015 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Cezanne | Skylake |
| Socket | AM4 | FCBGA1440 |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i7 6700HQ | |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 3.9 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 6 MB |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i7 6700HQ | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 45 W |
| Max. temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i7 6700HQ | |
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR3, DDR4 |
| Memory Size | GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 34.1 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i7 6700HQ | |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.05 MHz |
| Shading Units | 448 | |
| TMUs | 28 | |
| ROPs | 7 | |
| TGP | 0 W | W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i7 6700HQ | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page | Intel Core i7 6700HQ official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | 3 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 |