Intel Core i7-6700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i7-6700 vs Ryzen 9 7950X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X beats the Core i7-6700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-6700 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700. The Ryzen 9 7950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.