AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i7-6950X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6950X performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6950X 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 3600X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. The Ryzen 5 3600X also has slightly 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 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.