Intel Core i7-6850K vs Intel Core i7-9750HF

Core i7-6850K vs Core i7-9750HF specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6850K performs better than the Core i7-9750HF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9750HF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9750HF. Despite this, the Core i7-9750HF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9750HF outputs less heat than Core i7-6850K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-6850K also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.