AMD Ryzen 7 4700U vs Intel Core i7-6500U
39.3Single-core—
32.5Multi-core20.4
81.9Efficiencyspec-based66.4
46.3iGPU20
32.4Platformspec-based28.9
8 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 7 4700U1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-6500U
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-6500U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
- Stronger multi-core score: 33 vs 20
- Stronger iGPU score: 46 vs 20
- 300% higher cores: 8 vs 2
- 300% higher PassMark: 13,097 vs 3,276
- 273% higher 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU): 980 vs 263
Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-6500U
- 25% higher Base clock: 2.5 GHz vs 2 GHz
General
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2020 | 2015 |
| Process | 7 nm+50% | 14 nm |
| Base TDP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max TDP | 25 W | 25 W |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 8+300% | 2 |
| Performance cores | 8 | — |
| Threads | 8+100% | 4 |
| Base clock | 2 GHz | 2.5 GHz+25% |
| Boost clock | 4.1 GHz+32% | 3.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 8 MB+100% | 4 MB |
Integrated GPU
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| iGPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | Intel HD Graphics 520 |
| iGPU clock | 1,600 MHz | 1,050 MHz |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory support | DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4-4266 | DDR4-2133 / LPDDR3-1866 / DDR3L-1600 |
| Max memory | — | 32 GB |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 (single) | 1,575Bottom 12% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | 6,345Bottom 16% | — |
| Cinebench R23 (single) | 1,221Bottom 15% | — |
| Cinebench R23 (multi) | 7,102Bottom 21% | — |
| PassMark | 13,097+300%Bottom 25% | 3,276Bottom 4% |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU) | 980+273%Bottom 34% | 263Bottom 4% |
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