Intel Core i7-6850K vs Intel Core i7-5930K

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 i7-5930K

Price

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$ 85.00

$ 504.95 significantly less expensive

$ 589.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4066 points

5% slightly better overall score

3870 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5576 points

2% slightly better gaming score

5431 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3611 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

3361 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3510 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

3246 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6133 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6034 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

103.26 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

98.86 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5539 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5398 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1210 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1136 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5746 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5677 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1278 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1222 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

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 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

Identical

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

448th 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 i7-5930K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6850K beats the Core i7-5930K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6850K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5930K. 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.

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 i7-6850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.