Intel Core i7 6950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6950X with 10 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8 cores 4.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 25MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6950X

1069

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D +69%

1817

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6950X

9743

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D +82%

17762

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6950X

1020

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D +155%

2607

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6950X

6726

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D +118%

14702

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6950X

968

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D +100%

1940

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6950X

9253

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D +47%

13605

Intel Core i7 6950X

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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

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)

i7-6950X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

6.57 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

140 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

89°C

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

8

20

Performance Core Threads

16

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

10

Total Core Count

8

20

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

44x

32 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

25 MB shared

L3 Cache

96 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

128

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.54 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6950X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

40

PCIe Lanes

24

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