AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Core i7-6850K

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i7-6850K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600U performs better than the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U 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 5600U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6850K. The Ryzen 5 5600U 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.