Intel Core i7 6850K vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6850K with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6850K 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +35%

1331

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +229%

24018

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +73%

1709

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +200%

11656

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +29%

1279

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +146%

14487

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +11%

2692

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +242%

38953

Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

General Parameters

May 2016

Release Date

Nov 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Broadwell E

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i7-6850K

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

105 W

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

16

12

Performance Core Threads

32

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

35x

32 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6850K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

40

PCIe Lanes

16

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