AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Intel Core i7-6970HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Intel Core i7-6970HQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1963 vs 1532
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7033 vs 4632
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 April 2019 vs 24 January 2016
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1963 vs 1532
PassMark - CPU mark 7033 vs 4632

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6970HQ

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6970HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1963
1532
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7033
4632
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U Intel Core i7-6970HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1963 1532
PassMark - CPU mark 7033 4632
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2529

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U Intel Core i7-6970HQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Skylake
Family Ryzen 5
Launch date 8 April 2019 24 January 2016
OPN Tray YM350BC4T4MFG
Place in performance rating 1699 1625
Processor Number PRO 3500U i7-6970HQ
Series 3000 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $623
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 8 8
Transistor count 4940 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

Graphics

Execution Units 8
Graphics base frequency 1200 MHz 350 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Intel® Iris® Pro Graphics 580
Device ID 0x193B
eDRAM 128 MB
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4 3
DVI
eDP
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP5 FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42mm x 28mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over WiDi Up to 4096x2304@30Hz

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)