Intel Core i7-6850K vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Go

Core i7-6850K vs Ryzen Z2 Go benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z2 Go performs better than the Core i7-6850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6850K 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 Z2 Go. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen Z2 Go. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z2 Go. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z2 Go. Despite this, the Ryzen Z2 Go has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z2 Go 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 Z2 Go 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 Z2 Go.

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.