AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core i7 6950X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2025
May 2016
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 890M
N/A
Processor Number
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i7-6950X
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
FP8
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
15-35 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
3
10
Performance Core Threads
6
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
5
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Efficiency Core Threads
10
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
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Total Core Count
8
10
Total Thread Count
16
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
20
30x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
DDR4-2133
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Max Memory Channels
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4
Max Memory Bandwidth
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76.8 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
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Shader Units
1024
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Texture Units
64
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Raster Operation Units
40
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Execution Units
16
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Power Consumption
15
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
40
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,953
1,069
Cinebench R23
14,572
9,743
Geekbench 6
2,753
1,020
Geekbench 6
11,860
6,726
Cinebench 2024
113
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Cinebench 2024
791
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Passmark CPU
4,074
2,330
Passmark CPU
24,157
17,362
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.