Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 7640HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6950X beats the Ryzen 5 7640HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a much higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS.

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.