Intel Core i7 6700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Apr 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number
i7-6700
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FL1
Power Consumption
65 W
55 W
Transistor Count
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13.14 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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75 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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100 °C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size
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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
5.3 GHz
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34
24
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K 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
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
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400 MHz
Shader Units
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128
Texture Units
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8
Raster Operation Units
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4
Execution Units
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2
Power Consumption
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15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,063
1,809
Cinebench R23
4,841
29,610
Geekbench 6
1,388
2,709
Geekbench 5
1,002
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Geekbench 6
4,622
15,308
Geekbench 5
3,915
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Blender
88
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Passmark CPU
2,288
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Passmark CPU
8,087
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Cinebench 2024
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112
Cinebench 2024
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1,630
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.