Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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
5728 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
7427 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
5269 points
0.15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
0.56% slightly better heavy workload score
5185 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
166.92 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8892 points
9022 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1370 points
2060 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

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
5.1 GHz
45% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
28 W
400% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
8 MiB
220% significantly 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

300th of 1,099
279th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 7 8840HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8840HS 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8840HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840HS 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 8840HS 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 8840HS.

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.

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