Intel Core i7 6700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

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Intel Core i7 6700

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700 with 4 cores 3.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

1063

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +91%

2039

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

4841

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +459%

27084

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

1388

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +114%

2971

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

4622

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +291%

18105

Blender

Intel Core i7 6700

88

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +446%

481

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

1002

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +117%

2180

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

3915

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +395%

19407

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

2288

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +80%

4119

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

8087

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +524%

50486

Intel Core i7 6700

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i7-6700

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

162 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

89°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

12

8

Performance Core Threads

24

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.4 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34

Multiplier

44x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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