AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i7 6900K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X with 4 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 6900K with 8 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6900K 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +11%

1289

Intel Core i7 6900K

1151

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

6750

Intel Core i7 6900K +67%

11326

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +31%

1685

Intel Core i7 6900K

1286

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

5874

Intel Core i7 6900K +27%

7470

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +39%

1337

Intel Core i7 6900K

961

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

5577

Intel Core i7 6900K +31%

7327

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +15%

2660

Intel Core i7 6900K

2310

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

12651

Intel Core i7 6900K +12%

14258

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

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Intel Core i7 6900K

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6900K

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

32x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6900K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

40

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