AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i7 6950X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen+
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
-
i7-6950X
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTR4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
250 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
10
Performance Core Threads
48
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
24
10
Total Thread Count
48
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
30x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,159
1,069
Cinebench R23
26,292
9,743
Geekbench 6
1,297
1,020
Geekbench 5
1,064
-
Geekbench 6
8,391
6,726
Geekbench 5
11,876
-
Passmark CPU
2,319
2,330
Passmark CPU
29,986
17,362