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Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD FX-4100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Rank 2 - 58 %
AMD FX-4100
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Rank 2 - 47 %
AMD FX-4100
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
806
AMD FX-4100
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
469
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
3,079
AMD FX-4100
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,294
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
540.3 s
AMD FX-4100
AMD FX-4100 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,776.4 s
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
1,725
AMD FX-4100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
636

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i7-6700HQAMD FX-4100
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)AMD FX (30)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000H (15)AMD FX-4100/4200 (5)
ArchitectureSkylake HZambezi (Bulldozer)
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1440AM3+
PredecessorIntel Core i7-5700HQ
SuccessorIntel Core i7-7700HQ

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-6700HQAMD FX-4100
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 2.60 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.50 GHz 3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.20 GHz 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-6700HQAMD FX-4100
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-6700HQAMD FX-4100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-6700HQAMD FX-4100
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-6700HQAMD FX-4100
TDP45 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-6700HQAMD FX-4100
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2011
Release price90 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C / 8T · 2.60 - 3.50 GHz
AMD FX-4100
AMD FX-4100
4C / 4T · 3.60 - 3.80 GHz

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