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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