AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D vs Intel Core i7 6900K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D with 8 cores 3GHz 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 5700X3D 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 8 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6900K 's Advantages

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

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 3GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D +49%

1926

Intel Core i7 6900K

1286

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D +40%

10514

Intel Core i7 6900K

7470

Blender

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D +51%

199

Intel Core i7 6900K

131

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

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Intel Core i7 6900K

General Parameters

Jan 2024

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

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 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

8.85 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

105 W

Power Consumption

140 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30.0

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

96 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

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 5700X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6900K

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

40

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