Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 7 7730U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7730U 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7730U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7730U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7730U 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 7 7730U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U.

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.