AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Intel Core i7 6850K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9900X3D 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/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 (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6850K

AM5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

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

80 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

12 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

2

Execution Units

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

40

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