AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i7-6950X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1800X beats the Core i7-6950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. A Ryzen 7 1800X 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 1800X 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 1800X.

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 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.