Intel Core i7-6850K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop 4 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

5% slightly better overall score

3871 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5576 points

4% slightly better gaming score

5312 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3611 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

3476 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3510 points

0.78% slightly better heavy workload score

3483 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

103.26 points

92% significantly higher Blender score

53.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

15 MiB

274% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

429th of 1,089

447th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May

2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6850K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6850K beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6850K. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G.

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.