AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Intel Core i7 6850K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz 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 9 7900X3D 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +108%

2039

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +271%

27084

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +201%

2971

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +366%

18105

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +493%

481

Intel Core i7 6850K

81

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +120%

2180

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +229%

19407

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +70%

4119

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +343%

50486

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6850K

AM5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

140 W

162 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

89°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

44x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

40

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