AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7 6850K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2018
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen+
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
—
i7-6850K
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
65 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
—
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
3.8 GHz
Total Core Count
6
6
Total Thread Count
12
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
—
Multiplier
34x
36x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
15 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
43.71 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
40
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,016
—
Cinebench R23
7,101
—
Geekbench 6
1,170
986
Geekbench 5
1,029
—
Geekbench 6
4,526
3,877
Geekbench 5
5,638
—
Blender
129
—
Passmark CPU
2,242
—
Passmark CPU
13,124
—
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.