Intel Core i7-6850K vs Intel Core i7-5820K

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

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Intel Core i7-5820K

Price

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$ 85.00

$ 344.95 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4066 points

4081 points

0.37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5576 points

1% slightly better gaming score

5494 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3611 points

3634 points

0.64% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3510 points

3527 points

0.48% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6133 points

73% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

3543 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

103.26 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

95.66 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5539 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5383 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1210 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1134 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5746 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5467 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1278 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1180 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

Identical

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

42% many more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

429th of 1,089

428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6850K vs Core i7-5820K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5820K performs better than the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Core i7-6850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.