AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Intel Core i7 6850K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores 3.6GHz 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 3700X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6850K 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +37%

1342

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +67%

12173

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +65%

1629

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +109%

8104

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +29%

1275

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +42%

8375

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +9%

2646

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +98%

22611

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6850K

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

36x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

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

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

40

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