AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i7 6800K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i7 6800K with 6 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +114%

2043

Intel Core i7 6800K

951

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +481%

38581

Intel Core i7 6800K

6632

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +120%

3012

Intel Core i7 6800K

1363

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +212%

20270

Intel Core i7 6800K

6495

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +602%

681

Intel Core i7 6800K

97

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +148%

2294

Intel Core i7 6800K

922

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +337%

24247

Intel Core i7 6800K

5537

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +82%

4148

Intel Core i7 6800K

2269

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +483%

62623

Intel Core i7 6800K

10740

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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Intel Core i7 6800K

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

i7-6800K

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

AM5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

120 W

Power Consumption

140 W

162 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

89°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

34x

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 7950X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6800K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

28

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