Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD EPYC 74F3

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD 9 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

5504 points
5669 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
7130 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
0.96% slightly better multitasking score
5211 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
5104 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
136.28 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8892 points
12689 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1370 points
1438 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
11% slightly more cores
9

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
11% slightly more threads
18

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.19 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
71% significantly lower TDP
240 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
11% slightly more L1 cache
576 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
4.5 MiB
79% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
32 MiB
28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

293rd of 1,089
278th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2021 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-6950X vs EPYC 74F3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the EPYC 74F3. Despite this, the EPYC 74F3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores than the EPYC 74F3. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 9 cores found in the EPYC 74F3. It also has more threads than the EPYC 74F3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the EPYC 74F3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. A Core i7-6950X CPU outputs less heat than a EPYC 74F3 CPU because of its 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 EPYC 74F3 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. The EPYC 74F3 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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