Intel Core i7-6700 vs AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-6700		AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B - 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 i7-6700 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6700 was released in Q3/2015. The AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B was released in Q1/2018.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD Ryzen Embedded V (16)
Intel Core i 6000 (24)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 (7)
6	Generation	1
Skylake S	Architecture	Great Horned Owl (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i7-7700	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-6700 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-6700 is 3.40 GHz (4.00 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B is at 2.20 GHz.
Intel Core i7-6700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
4	Cores	4
8	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	Frequency	2.20 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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 i7-6700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 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 HD Graphics 530	GPU	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
192	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 HD Graphics 530	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode	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 i7-6700 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
Intel Core i7-6700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
DDR4-2133	Memory	DDR4-2400
64 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	16
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-6700 is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B has a TDP of 16 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i7-6700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	16 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i7-6700 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i7-6700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151	Socket	FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2015	Release date	Q1/2018
350 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6700 (100%)

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B (52%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6700 (100%)

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B (52%)

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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	983 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	601 (61%)

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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3801 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2254 (59%)

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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1291 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	557 (43%)

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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4009 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1780 (44%)

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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	8086 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	4184 (52%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	52 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	284 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1071 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4921 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 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.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	406 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1774 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i7-6700 Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	75 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	409.7 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	397 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2094 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	171 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	816 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i7-6700	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
Unknown	Synology DiskStation DS1621+ Synology DiskStation DS1821+ QNAP Turbo Station TS-673A

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