AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i7-6850K

Ryzen 3 5300G vs Core i7-6850K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6850K performs better than the Ryzen 3 5300G. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5300G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 5300G. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 5300G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5300G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 5300G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6850K. Also, the Ryzen 3 5300G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6850K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 5300G has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 5300G.

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 Ryzen 3 5300G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.