AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-6600U

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 399.99
$ 2349.01 significantly less expensive
$ 2749.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9228 points
691% significantly better overall score
1166 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
218% significantly better gaming score
2340 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
1047% significantly better multitasking score
858 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
1129% significantly better heavy workload score
820 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
1510% significantly higher Blender score
23.09 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
700% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
700% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
38% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
15 W
599% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
908th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-6600U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Core i7-6600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6600U. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6600U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6600U outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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