Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE performs better than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

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 PRO 4650GE that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.