AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Intel Core i7 6700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with 8 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 6700K with 4 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Lower TDP (91W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +41%

1596

Intel Core i7 6700K

1129

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +169%

15228

Intel Core i7 6700K

5646

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +47%

2230

Intel Core i7 6700K

1512

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +102%

10279

Intel Core i7 6700K

5068

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +49%

1623

Intel Core i7 6700K

1087

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +147%

10572

Intel Core i7 6700K

4271

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +37%

3443

Intel Core i7 6700K

2503

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +212%

27890

Intel Core i7 6700K

8928

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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Intel Core i7 6700K

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Aug 2015

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6700K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

91 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

40

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6700K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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