Intel Core i7 6850K vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6850K with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 4100 with 4 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6850K 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +11%

1093

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K +22%

7282

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

5922

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +52%

1499

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +17%

4574

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +18%

1167

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K +28%

5881

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

4580

Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen 3 4100

General Parameters

May 2016

Release Date

Apr 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Broadwell E

Core Architecture

Renoir

i7-6850K

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 3 (Zen 2 (Renoir))

Package

-

Transistor Count

9.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

156 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

38.0

32 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6850K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

3.0

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

20

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