Intel Core i7 6900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

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Intel Core i7 6900K

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6900K with 8 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D with 16 cores 4.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6900K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Core i7 6900K

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

General Parameters

May 2016

Release Date

Sep 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Broadwell E

Core Architecture

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

i7-6900K

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

-

Generation

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

230 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

32

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.3 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

43x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 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

-

Texture Units

-

Raster Operation Units

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

-

Graphics Performance

0 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6900K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

40

PCIe Lanes

28

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