AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i7-6700

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7246 points
132% significantly better overall score
3117 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
80% significantly better gaming score
4991 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
161% significantly better multitasking score
2559 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
166% significantly better heavy workload score
2457 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points
151% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2828 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
175% significantly higher Blender score
69.31 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
127% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4052 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1252 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
108% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4207 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1320 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
Identical
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089
523rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i7-6700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6700 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-6700 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 7 5800 and Core i7-6700 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 7 5800 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700. The Ryzen 7 5800 also has significantly 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 7 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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