Intel Core i7-6850K vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Core i7-6850K vs Ryzen 3 4100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6850K performs better than the Ryzen 3 4100. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 4100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 4100. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 4100. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4100. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6850K. Also, the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 4100 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 4100 has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 4100.

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.