Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

4% slightly better overall score

5256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points

6981 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

4714 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

4573 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points

64% significantly higher Blender score

112.70 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8892 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7001 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1370 points

1765 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.30 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.55 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

54 W

159% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB

3 MiB

20% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

293rd of 1,089

315th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 7535HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the Ryzen 5 7535HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7535HS 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 7535HS has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7535HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7535HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7535HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7535HS 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 7535HS 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 7535HS.

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.