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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