Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700K with 4 cores 4.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Lower TDP (91W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 2 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1136

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +48%

1684

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5661

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +408%

28782

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1544

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +43%

2218

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5265

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +164%

13903

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1087

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +67%

1819

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

4271

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +330%

18397

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

2510

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +38%

3471

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

8940

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +410%

45659

Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Oct 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

i7-6700K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

4.15 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

91 W

Power Consumption

105 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

16

8

Performance Core Threads

32

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

34x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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