Intel Core i7-6850K vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4066 points
4256 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5576 points
7379 points
32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3611 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
3411 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3510 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
3290 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

103.26 points
130.38 points
26% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.8 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
42% many more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
7 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

15 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

429th of 1,089
415th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6850K vs Core 5 210H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 5 210H is faster than the Core i7-6850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6850K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6850K that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 210H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 210H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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