AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i7 6800K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i7 6800K with 6 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 11 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6800K 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +58%

1509

Intel Core i7 6800K

951

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +112%

14114

Intel Core i7 6800K

6632

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +14%

1561

Intel Core i7 6800K

1363

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +29%

8390

Intel Core i7 6800K

6495

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +76%

1625

Intel Core i7 6800K

922

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +70%

9452

Intel Core i7 6800K

5537

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +48%

3363

Intel Core i7 6800K

2269

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X +147%

26541

Intel Core i7 6800K

10740

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

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Intel Core i7 6800K

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

Vermeer

Processor Number

i7-6800K

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

34x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

4 M

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6800K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

28

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