Product Compare

Intel Core i7 6900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

	CPU Intel Core i7 6900K	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2016	Mar 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Broadwell E	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number	i7-6900K	9950X3D
Integrated Graphics	N/A	Radeon Graphics
Generation		Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series		Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-2011-3	AM5
Power Consumption	140 W	170 W
Transistor Count		16.6 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption		230 W
Peak Operating Temperature		95 °C
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
Package		FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	16
Performance Core Threads	16	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.2 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.7 GHz	5.7 GHz
Total Core Count	8	16
Total Thread Count	16	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	32x	43
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	20 MB shared	128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size	128 GB	192 GB
Max Memory Channels	4	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	40	28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		2200 MHz
Shader Units		128
Texture Units		8
Raster Operation Units		4
Execution Units		2
Power Consumption		15
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1286	3473
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	7470	22539