AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Intel Core i7 6850K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X with 24 cores 3.8GHz 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 Threadripper 3960X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

Intel Core i7 6850K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +33%

1307

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +379%

34932

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +72%

1698

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +235%

13003

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +28%

1266

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +278%

22262

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +10%

2671

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +380%

54650

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

3960X

Processor Number

i7-6850K

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

23.5 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

280 W

Power Consumption

140 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

6

48

Performance Core Threads

12

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

24

Total Core Count

6

48

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

38x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

256 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

95.37 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

40

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