AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i7 6950X

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AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Intel Core i7 6950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 6950X with 10 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2133)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6950X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +17%

1201

Intel Core i7 6950X

1020

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

Intel Core i7 6950X +101%

6726

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +6%

1035

Intel Core i7 6950X

968

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3439

Intel Core i7 6950X +169%

9253

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +1%

2364

Intel Core i7 6950X

2330

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

7577

Intel Core i7 6950X +129%

17362

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i7 6950X

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6950X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

10

4

Performance Core Threads

20

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

10

4

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

30x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6950X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

40

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