AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core i7-6950X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 1700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 1700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 1700X.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.