Core i7-6700K vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is faster than the Core i7-6700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700K. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.
Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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