AMD Ryzen 7 7800X vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X with 10 cores 4.5GHz 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 7 7800X 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +102%

1987

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +210%

22607

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +112%

2097

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X +174%

16163

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6850K

AM5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

105 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

6

20

Performance Core Threads

12

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

10

Total Core Count

6

20

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

45x

Multiplier

36x

-

L1 Cache

32 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

40 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

128

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

0.54 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

40

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