AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core i7 6900K

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AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Intel Core i7 6900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 4100 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 6900K with 8 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6900K 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (3.0 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

1093

Intel Core i7 6900K +5%

1151

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

5922

Intel Core i7 6900K +91%

11326

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +16%

1499

Intel Core i7 6900K

1286

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4574

Intel Core i7 6900K +63%

7470

Blender

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

77

Intel Core i7 6900K +149%

192

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +21%

1167

Intel Core i7 6900K

961

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4580

Intel Core i7 6900K +59%

7327

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

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Intel Core i7 6900K

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Renoir

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6900K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 3 (Zen 2 (Renoir))

Generation

-

Package

9.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

156 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

4 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6900K

3

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

40

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