Intel Core i7-6650U vs AMD EPYC 9174F

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-6650U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 9174F
Intel Core i7-6650U AMD EPYC 9174F

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-6650U or AMD EPYC 9174F - 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 Intel Core i7-6650U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6650U was released in Q3/2015.

The AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9174F was released in Q4/2022.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Core i 6000U (20) CPU group AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
6 Generation 4
Skylake U Architecture Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i7-5650U Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD EPYC 9175F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-6650U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-6650U is 2.20 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9174F is at 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz).
Intel Core i7-6650U Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
2 Cores 16
4 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 4.10 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.15 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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-6650U or AMD EPYC 9174F has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel Iris Graphics 540 GPU no iGPU
0.30 GHz GPU frequency --
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
48 Compute units --
384 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.
Intel Iris Graphics 540 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-6650U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 9174F supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 460.8 GB/s.
Intel Core i7-6650U Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR5-4800
32 GB Max. Memory 6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 12
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 16.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 256.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 5.0
12 PCIe lanes 128
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-6650U is 15 W, while the AMD EPYC 9174F has a TDP of 320 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i7-6650U Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 320 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 400 W
9.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-6650U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 9174F is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 272.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i7-6650U Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
14 nm Technology 5 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
BGA 1356 Socket SP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Q3/2015 Release date Q4/2022
415 $ Release price 3850 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6650U (47%)
AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6650U (12%)
AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
820 (46%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
1764 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1846 (8%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
22864 (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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1092 (48%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
2286 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2146 (16%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
13687 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
Intel Iris Graphics 540 @ 1.05 GHz
806 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3650 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
144 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
300 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i7-6650U AMD EPYC 9174F
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