AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2025
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
HD Graphics 530
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
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Processor Number
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i7-6700HQ
Package
Transistor Count
13.14 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
FL1
BGA-1440
Power Consumption
55 W
45 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
75 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
2x71 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
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I/O Die Size
122 mm²
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Package
µFC-BGAFL1
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
32
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
24
26x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
128 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Channels
2
2
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
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64 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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34.1 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1050 MHz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
28
16
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,001
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Cinebench R23
34,973
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Geekbench 6
2,766
1,044
Geekbench 6
16,747
3,554
Cinebench 2024
113
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Cinebench 2024
1,719
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Passmark CPU
4,035
1,903
Passmark CPU
55,980
6,474
Geekbench 5
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802
Geekbench 5
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3,266
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.