AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS vs Intel Core i7-6700T

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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-6700T
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS Intel Core i7-6700T

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS or Intel Core i7-6700T - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.20 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS was released in Q2/2024.

The Intel Core i7-6700T has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6700T was released in Q3/2015.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO (4) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) CPU group Intel Core i 6000 (24)
7 Generation 6
Hawk Point (Zen 4) Architecture Skylake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i7-7700T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz). The Intel Core i7-6700T has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (3.60 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS Characteristic Intel Core i7-6700T
8 Cores 4
16 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
4.00 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
5.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS Characteristic Intel Core i7-6700T
AMD Ryzen AI AI hardware --
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
2.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
3 GPU Generation 9
4 nm Technology 14 nm
4 Max. displays 3
12 Compute units 24
768 Shader 192
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6700T can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS Characteristic Intel Core i7-6700T
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3-1866
256 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
20 PCIe lanes 16
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Core i7-6700T is 35 W.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS Characteristic Intel Core i7-6700T
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS has a 24.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-6700T cache has a total of 8.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS Characteristic Intel Core i7-6700T
4 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP8 Socket LGA 1151
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2024 Release date Q3/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T (48%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T (26%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1974 (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
940 (48%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11600 (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3411 (29%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357 (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (10%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
30995 (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
7249 (23%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1005 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
4120 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2617 (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447 (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
350 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1811 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1935 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
154 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
663 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
16 (100%)
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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