Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D comparison
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D beats the Core i7-6950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D outputs less heat than Core i7-6950X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6950X. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.
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.
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