Intel Core i7 6950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 230
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
i7-6950X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 760M
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
FP8
Power Consumption
140 W
15-30 W
Transistor Count
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25 billions
Peak Operating Temperature
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100 °C
Die Size
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178 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
6
Performance Core Threads
20
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
10
6
Total Thread Count
20
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
35
L1 Cache
32 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
120 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
40
20
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
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800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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2600 MHz
Shader Units
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512
Texture Units
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32
Raster Operation Units
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16
Execution Units
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8
Power Consumption
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15
AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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16 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,069
1,728
Cinebench R23
9,743
10,612
Geekbench 6
1,020
2,413
Geekbench 6
6,726
9,082
Passmark CPU
2,330
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Passmark CPU
17,362
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.