AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i7-6850K

Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i7-6850K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700U performs better than the Core i7-6850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6850K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700U has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-6850K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6850K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700U 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5700U.

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 5700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.