Intel Core i7 6700HQ vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700HQ with 4 cores 2.6GHz and AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 with 6 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i7 6700HQ 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Lower TDP (45W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
908
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
+105%
1862
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
4239
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
+176%
11727
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
1044
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
+159%
2705
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6700HQ
3554
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
+224%
11544
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Skylake
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
i7-6700HQ
Processor Number
-
BGA-1440
Socket
FP8
HD Graphics 530
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 840M
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
45 W
Power Consumption
15-54 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
3
8
Performance Core Threads
6
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
3
-
Efficiency Core Threads
6
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
4
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
26x
Multiplier
20
128 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000,DDR5-5600
64 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
34.1 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
4
-
Power Consumption
15-54
-
Graphics Performance
1.48 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
16
PCIe Lanes
16
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
