Intel Core i7-10700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  10 5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 AMD Ryzen 6000H
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-9700 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-11700 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.90 GHz 3.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.80 GHz 4.60 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  4.60 GHz 3.80 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon RX 680M
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 2.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.20 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 12
• Shader
  192 768
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 9
• Technology
  14 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i7-10700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10700 and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 35 W
• TDP up
  -- 54 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 105 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10700 and Intel Core i7-10700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• Technology
  14 nm 6 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 FP7
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2022