Intel Core i7 6700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Aug 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Processor Number
i7-6700
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AM5
Power Consumption
65 W
170 W
Transistor Count
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13.1 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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230 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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95°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
8
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
5.7 GHz
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34
45x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
73.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
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1500 MHz
Shader Units
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448
Texture Units
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8
Raster Operation Units
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4
Execution Units
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2
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,063
2,059
Cinebench R23
4,841
38,165
Geekbench 6
1,388
3,068
Geekbench 5
1,002
2,232
Geekbench 6
4,622
21,409
Geekbench 5
3,915
24,244
Blender
88
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Passmark CPU
2,288
4,286
Passmark CPU
8,087
62,987
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.