Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs AMD A10-6800K

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Intel Core i7-6820HQ CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-6800K
Intel Core i7-6820HQ AMD A10-6800K

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i7-6820HQ and the AMD A10-6800K and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i7-6820HQ 4 core processor released in Q3/2015 with the AMD A10-6800K which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2013.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Core i 6000H (15) CPU group AMD A10-6000 (4)
6 Generation 3
Skylake H Architecture Richland (Piledriver)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i7-7820HQ Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-6820HQ is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (3.60 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD A10-6800K clocks with 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i7-6820HQ Characteristic AMD A10-6800K
4 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.70 GHz Frequency 4.10 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.40 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 i7-6820HQ Characteristic AMD A10-6800K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics 530 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8670D
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.84 GHz
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation 5
14 nm Technology 32 nm
3 Max. displays 2
24 Compute units 6
192 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.2

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 AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i7-6820HQ, while the AMD A10-6800K supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.2 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i7-6820HQ Characteristic AMD A10-6800K
LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR3-2133
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
19.7 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i7-6820HQ has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the AMD A10-6800K is 100 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i7-6820HQ Characteristic AMD A10-6800K
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-6820HQ has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD A10-6800K is at 4.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 32 nm.

Intel Core i7-6820HQ Characteristic AMD A10-6800K
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
BGA 1440 Socket FM2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2013
-- Release price 120 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6820HQ (100%)
AMD A10-6800K (57%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6820HQ (100%)
AMD A10-6800K (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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
846 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
541 (64%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3299 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
1501 (45%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (62%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz
648 (100%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
8236 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
5014 (61%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
471.7 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
309.5 (66%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
1704 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
813 (48%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
152 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
74 (49%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
694 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
272 (39%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
52 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
249 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
903 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
4288 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1096 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 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.
Intel Core i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3679 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
357 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1759 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 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 i7-6820HQ Intel Core i7-6820HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
59 (100%)
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-6820HQ AMD A10-6800K
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