Intel Core i7-6700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Core i7-6700K vs Ryzen 9 5900XT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Core i7-6700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 5900XT CPU because of its slightly 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 5900XT has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700K. The Ryzen 9 5900XT 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.