Intel Core i7 6850K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
i7-6850K
290HX
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Generation
-
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
140 W
45-55 W
Transistor Count
-
17.8 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
160 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
105 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
243 mm²
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
6
24
Total Thread Count
12
24
Multiplier
36x
27
L1 Cache
32 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
15 MB shared
36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
16
Efficiency Core Threads
-
16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2000 MHz
Shader Units
-
512
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
16
Execution Units
-
64
Power Consumption
-
14
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
986
3,196
Geekbench 6
3,877
21,569
Cinebench R23
-
2,237
Cinebench R23
-
38,581
Cinebench 2024
-
126
Cinebench 2024
-
2,218
Passmark CPU
-
5,006
Passmark CPU
-
66,051