AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX vs Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX

Intel Core i7 6700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX with 12 cores 4.7GHz 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 Threadripper PRO 7945WX 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (332.8GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 4.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (91W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX +74%

2632

Intel Core i7 6700K

1512

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX +250%

17768

Intel Core i7 6700K

5068

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX +92%

2091

Intel Core i7 6700K

1087

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX +377%

20380

Intel Core i7 6700K

4271

AMD Threadripper PRO 7945WX

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Intel Core i7 6700K

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Aug 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6700K

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

13.14 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

91 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

2x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

4

-

Performance Core Threads

8

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47.0

Multiplier

40

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600

2 TB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

332.8 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 Threadripper PRO 7945WX

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6700K

5

PCIe Version

3.0

128

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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