Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Oct 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Processor Number
i7-6700HQ
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 740M
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1440
FP8
Power Consumption
45 W
15-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
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20.9 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
1
Performance Core Threads
8
2
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
4
4
Total Thread Count
8
8
Multiplier
26x
30x
L1 Cache
128 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
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3
Efficiency Core Threads
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6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.3 GHz
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
64 GB
256 GB
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
1050 MHz
2500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
Shader Units
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256
Texture Units
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16
Raster Operation Units
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8
Execution Units
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4
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
14
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,044
2,322
Geekbench 5
802
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Geekbench 6
3,554
6,566
Geekbench 5
3,266
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Passmark CPU
1,903
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Passmark CPU
6,474
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Cinebench R23
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1,593
Cinebench R23
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8,966
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.