AMD Ryzen 7 5700 vs Intel Core i7 6900K

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Intel Core i7 6900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 with 8 cores 3.7GHz 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 7 5700 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6900K 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (3.0 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700 +56%

2014

Intel Core i7 6900K

1286

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700 +15%

8599

Intel Core i7 6900K

7470

Blender

AMD Ryzen 7 5700 +14%

219

Intel Core i7 6900K

192

AMD Ryzen 7 5700

VS

Intel Core i7 6900K

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6900K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 7 (Zen 3 (Cezanne))

Generation

-

Package

10.7 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

180 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37.0

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6900K

3

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

40

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