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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core i7-970
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-970
33 %
6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Intel Core i7-970
33 %
6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-970
40 %
6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Intel Core i7-970
41 %
6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | Intel Core i7-970 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20) | Intel Core i7 900 (4) |
| Architecture | Rembrandt (Zen 3+) | Gulftown |
| Technology | 6 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | FP7 | LGA 1366 |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | Intel Core i7-970 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 6x Zen 3+ | 6x |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz | 3.20 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.50 GHz | 3.46 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.80 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | 12.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | Intel Core i7-970 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon 660M | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 1.40 - 1.90 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 384 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 6 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | Intel Core i7-970 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | Intel Core i7-970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 3 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 12 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 23.6 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | Intel Core i7-970 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 130 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 54 W | |
| TDP down | 35 W | |
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | Intel Core i7-970 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q3/2010 |
| Release price | 594 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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