Intel Core i7-6950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 Series 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
5654 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
7570 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
5051 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
4922 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
133.69 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8892 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5700 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1370 points
1590 points
16% slightly 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
49% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
15 W
833% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
4 MiB
60% 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

293rd of 1,089
281st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen PRO 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2022 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4

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 PRO 5875U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U is faster 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 slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U 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 PRO 5875U 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 PRO 5875U.

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.

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