Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5
• Generation
  6 6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000H AMD Ryzen 7040

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
  2.60 GHz 4.30 GHz
• 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 HD Graphics 530 AMD Radeon 760M Graphics
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 1.00 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz 2.60 GHz
• Execution units
  24 8
• Shader
  192 512
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Generation
  9 10
• Technology
  14 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2023

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 Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode / Encode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS and Intel Core i7-6700HQ. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500
• Max. Memory
  256 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6700HQ and AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP down
  -- 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6700HQ and Intel Core i7-6700HQ, 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,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  -- 6.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake H Phoenix (Zen 4)
• Technology
  14 nm 4 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1440 FP8
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2023
• Part Number
  -- 100-000001130