Intel Core i7 6850K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

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Intel Core i7 6850K

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

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

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 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 (4.4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

979

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +108%

2039

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

7282

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +271%

27084

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +201%

2971

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +366%

18105

Blender

Intel Core i7 6850K

81

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +493%

481

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +120%

2180

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +229%

19407

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +70%

4119

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +343%

50486

Intel Core i7 6850K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

General Parameters

May 2016

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Broadwell E

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i7-6850K

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

162 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

89°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

12

Performance Core Threads

24

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.4 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

44x

32 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 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

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 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 6850K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

40

PCIe Lanes

28

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