Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 4500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the Ryzen 5 4500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Core i7-6950X 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 4500 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4500.

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