Intel Core i7 6850K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i7 6850K

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6850K with 6 cores 3.6GHz 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 6850K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +107%

2033

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +301%

29242

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +198%

2942

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +392%

19092

Blender

Intel Core i7 6850K

81

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +401%

406

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +130%

2277

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +248%

20503

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +79%

4317

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +356%

52013

Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

General Parameters

May 2016

Release Date

Sep 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Broadwell E

Core Architecture

Raphael

i7-6850K

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Package

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

12

Performance Core Threads

24

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

47x

32 K per core

L1 Cache

-

256 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6850K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

40

PCIe Lanes

24

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