AMD Ryzen 3 3350U vs Intel Core i7-6700HQ. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000U Intel Core i 6000H
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i7
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  2 6
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x -
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.5 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.1 GHz 3.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  6 24
• Generation
  8 9
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Radeon Vega 6 Graphics Intel HD Graphics 530
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1050 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  6 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q3/2015
• Shader
  384 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6700HQ and AMD Ryzen 3 3350U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  38.4 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  2400 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 3350U and Intel Core i7-6700HQ Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  12-35 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 45 W
• TDP down
  12 W -
• TDP up
  35 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 3350U and Intel Core i7-6700HQ, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Skylake H
• Codename
  Picasso -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L1-Cache
  0.33984375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM3300C4T4MFG -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Part Number
  YM3300C4T4MFG -
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q3/2015
• Socket
  FP5 BGA 1440
• Technology
  12nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d