AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i7-6820EQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i7-6820EQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 40% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3285 vs 1997
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23581 vs 7001
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3285 vs 1997
PassMark - CPU mark 23581 vs 7001

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6820EQ

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6820EQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3285
1997
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23581
7001
Name AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Core i7-6820EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 3285 1997
PassMark - CPU mark 23581 7001
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6900
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3667
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11731

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Core i7-6820EQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3+ Skylake
Launch date Jan 2022 Q4'15
Place in performance rating 611 607
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Processor Number i7-6820EQ
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.80 GHz
Die size 208 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 2400 MHz
Device ID 0x191B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP7 FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 42mm x 28mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
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 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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 interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

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