AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i7 6700K
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Aug 2015
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Skylake
Processor Number
3960X
i7-6700K
Integrated Graphics
N/A
HD Graphics 530
Package
Transistor Count
23.5 billions
1.75 billions
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTRX4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
280 W
91 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
4
Performance Core Threads
48
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
4.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
24
4
Total Thread Count
48
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
38x
40
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
256 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
95.37 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1150 MHz
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,307
1,129
Cinebench R23
34,932
5,646
Geekbench 6
1,698
1,512
Geekbench 6
13,003
5,068
Geekbench 5
-
1,087
Geekbench 5
-
4,271
Blender
-
107
Passmark CPU
-
2,503
Passmark CPU
-
8,928