Intel Core i7-7700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000 AMD Ryzen 6000H
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Ryzen
• Generation
  7 5
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-6700K AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-8700K -
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 6000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  4.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.4 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4.2 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
  24 12
• Generation
  9.5 9
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 2400 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon 680M
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2022
• Shader
  192 768
• Technology
  14 nm 6 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 12

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Intel Core i7-7700K. 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
  - DDR5
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-7700K and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 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
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  91 W 45 W
• TDP up
  - 54 W
• Default TDP
  - 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-7700K and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake S Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• 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
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q1/2022
• Socket
  LGA 1151 FP7
• Technology
  14 nm TSMC 6nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Rembrandt
• L1-Cache
  - 0.5 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FP7:100-000000544 FP7r2: 100-000000560
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit