AMD Ryzen 7 4800H vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Ryzen 7 4800H vs Core i7-6950X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 4800H performs better than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 4800H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4800H. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800H 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 4800H.

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 4800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.