AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i7 6850K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 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
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i7-6850K
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
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Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTR4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
250 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
6
Performance Core Threads
48
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
Total Core Count
24
6
Total Thread Count
48
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
30x
36x
L1 Cache
96 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
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
60
40
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,159
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Cinebench R23
26,292
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Geekbench 6
1,297
986
Geekbench 5
1,064
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Geekbench 6
8,391
3,877
Geekbench 5
11,876
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Passmark CPU
2,319
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Passmark CPU
29,986
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.