AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i7-6850K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 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

4057 points

4066 points

0.22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

16% slightly better gaming score

5576 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

3611 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

3510 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

6133 points

27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

103.26 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

5539 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1210 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

5746 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1278 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

6% slightly more L3 cache

15 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

429th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i7-6850K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6850K performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6850K has more threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 3500 and Core i7-6850K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3500 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6850K. The Ryzen 5 3500 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.