Intel Core i7 6800K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6800K with 6 cores 3.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16 cores 4.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

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

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

951

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +114%

2043

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

6632

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +481%

38581

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

1363

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +120%

3012

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

6495

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +212%

20270

Blender

Intel Core i7 6800K

97

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +602%

681

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

922

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +148%

2294

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

5537

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +337%

24247

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

2269

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +82%

4148

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6800K

10740

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +483%

62623

Intel Core i7 6800K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

General Parameters

May 2016

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Broadwell E

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i7-6800K

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

140 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

162 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

89°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

16

12

Performance Core Threads

32

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

42x

32 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6800K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

28

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