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Core i7-6700 vs Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition


Description
The i7-6700 is based on Skylake architecture while the 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition is based on Zen 2.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6700 gets a score of 243.4 k points while the 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition gets 327.7 k points.

Summarizing, the 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition is 1.3 times faster than the i7-6700 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
860f01
Core
Skylake-S
Renoir
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.4 GHz
2.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA-FP6
Cores/Threads
4/8
6/12
TDP
65 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
6x512 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
2x4096 kB
Date
May 2015
April 2021
Mean monothread perf.
57.76k points
55.74k points
Mean multithread perf.
243.4k points
327.72k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i7-6700
4680U Microsoft Surface Edition
Test#1 (Integers)
24.83k
15.5k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
21.82k
22.96k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.98k
8.78k (x1.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.14k
8.5k (x1.38)
TOTAL
57.76k
55.74k (x0.96)

Multithread

i7-6700

4680U Microsoft Surface Edition
Test#1 (Integers)
109.79k
110.78k (x1.01)
Test#2 (FP)
102.39k
149.38k (x1.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.72k
60.88k (x2.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.51k
6.68k (x1.03)
TOTAL
243.4k
327.72k (x1.35)

Performance/W
i7-6700
4680U Microsoft Surface Edition
Test#1 (Integers)
1689 points/W
7386 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1575 points/W
9959 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
380 points/W
4059 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
100 points/W
445 points/W
TOTAL
3745 points/W
21848 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-6700
4680U Microsoft Surface Edition
Test#1 (Integers)
6206 points/GHz
3876 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5456 points/GHz
5739 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1244 points/GHz
2195 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1535 points/GHz
2125 points/GHz
TOTAL
14441 points/GHz
13935 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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