AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i5 6400

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i5 6400 with 4 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

Intel Core i5 6400 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +129%

2059

Intel Core i5 6400

898

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +1087%

38165

Intel Core i5 6400

3214

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +168%

3068

Intel Core i5 6400

1143

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +546%

21409

Intel Core i5 6400

3312

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +161%

2232

Intel Core i5 6400

853

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +764%

24244

Intel Core i5 6400

2805

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +118%

4286

Intel Core i5 6400

1961

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +1122%

62987

Intel Core i5 6400

5151

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i5 6400

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Sep 2015

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6400

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

170 W

Power Consumption

65 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

32

Performance Core Threads

4

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

27x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

950 MHz

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6400

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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