AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Intel Core i7 6950X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2025
May 2016
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
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Processor Number
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i7-6950X
Package
Transistor Count
13.14 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
FL1
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
55 W
140 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
75 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
2x71 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
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I/O Die Size
122 mm²
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Package
µFC-BGAFL1
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
10
Performance Core Threads
32
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
-
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Channels
2
4
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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76.8 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
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Shader Units
128
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Texture Units
8
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Raster Operation Units
4
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Execution Units
2
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Power Consumption
15
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📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,809
1,069
Cinebench R23
29,610
9,743
Geekbench 6
2,709
1,020
Geekbench 6
15,308
6,726
Cinebench 2024
112
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Cinebench 2024
1,630
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Passmark CPU
-
2,330
Passmark CPU
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17,362