Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i7 6700K

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700K with 4 cores 4.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (91W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 1 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 (4.7GHz vs 4.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1129

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +80%

2033

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5646

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +417%

29242

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1512

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +94%

2942

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5068

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +276%

19092

Blender

Intel Core i7 6700K

107

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +279%

406

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1087

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +109%

2277

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

4271

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +380%

20503

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

2503

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +72%

4317

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

8928

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +482%

52013

Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Sep 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Raphael

i7-6700K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

91 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

12

8

Performance Core Threads

24

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.7 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40

Multiplier

47x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

-

256 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

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

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

24

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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