Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Desktop 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

3% slightly better overall score

5305 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points

7718 points

22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

4564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

4406 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points

47% significantly higher Blender score

125.92 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8892 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7066 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1370 points

1942 points

41% 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

3.40 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.4 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

35 W

300% 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

66% significantly more L1 cache

384 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

310th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May

2021 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE 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 PRO 5650GE 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 PRO 5650GE.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.