Intel Core i7-6700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 AMD Ryzen 4000G
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  6 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-7700K AMD Ryzen 7 5700G

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

• Base Frequency
  4 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4 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
  24 8
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 2100 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 530 AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir)
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2020
• Shader
  192 512
• Technology
  14 nm 7 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 Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 4700G and Intel Core i7-6700K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  - DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  16 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6700K and AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  91 W 65 W
• TDP down
  - 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6700K and AMD Ryzen 7 4700G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake S Renoir (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1151 AM4
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM