AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i7 6850K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i7-6850K
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
105 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
6
Performance Core Threads
24
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
Total Core Count
12
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
38x
36x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
15 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
40
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,306
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Cinebench R23
18,454
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Geekbench 6
1,842
986
Geekbench 5
1,319
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Geekbench 6
11,715
3,877
Geekbench 5
11,991
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Cinebench 2024
78
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Cinebench 2024
1,068
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Passmark CPU
2,683
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Passmark CPU
32,531
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.