AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i7-6700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700K is faster than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1500X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1500X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. The Ryzen 5 1500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.