AMD Ryzen 7 2700E vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 2700E with 8 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Core i7 6850K with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (45W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6850K 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E +5%

1037

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E +9%

7957

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E +17%

1160

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E +13%

4393

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E +1%

999

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E +12%

6616

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

2409

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E +27%

14516

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6850K

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

45 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

28x

Multiplier

36x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

40

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