AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT vs Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Intel Core i7 6700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT 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 5800XT 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

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

Newer PCIe version (4 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

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT +45%

2205

Intel Core i7 6700K

1512

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT +87%

9519

Intel Core i7 6700K

5068

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

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Intel Core i7 6700K

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Aug 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6700K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Ryzen 7 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

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

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

40

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

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 5800XT

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6700K

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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