AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs Intel Core i7 6800K

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Intel Core i7 6800K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 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 Threadripper 7960X 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 6800K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +144%

3337

Intel Core i7 6800K

1363

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +341%

28707

Intel Core i7 6800K

6495

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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Intel Core i7 6800K

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6800K

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

140 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

24

Total Core Count

6

48

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

34x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

1 TB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6800K

5

PCIe Version

3.0

88

PCIe Lanes

28

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