Product Compare
Intel Core i7 6950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 40
| CPU | CPU | |
|---|---|---|
| General Parameters | ||
| Release Date | May 2016 | Oct 2025 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | AMD |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | |
| Core Architecture | Broadwell E | Mendocino |
| Processor Number | i7-6950X | |
| Integrated Graphics | N/A | Radeon 610M |
| Generation | Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Mendocino)) | |
| Package | ||
| Manufacturing Process | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Socket | LGA-2011-3 | AMD Socket FT6 |
| Power Consumption | 140 W | 15 W |
| Peak Operating Temperature | 95°C | |
| Foundry | TSMC | |
| Die Size | 100 mm² | |
| Package | FT6 | |
| CPU Performance | ||
| Performance Cores | 10 | |
| Performance Core Threads | 20 | |
| Performance Core Base Frequency | 3.0 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Performance Core Turbo Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Total Core Count | 10 | 4 |
| Total Thread Count | 20 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 30x | 28.0 |
| L1 Cache | 32 K per core | 64 KB per core |
| L2 Cache | 256 K per core | 512 KB per core |
| L3 Cache | 25 MB shared | 4 MB shared |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| SMP | 1 | |
| Memory Parameters | ||
| Memory Types | DDR4-2133 | LPDDR5-5500 |
| Max Memory Size | 128 GB | |
| Max Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | |
| ECC Memory Support | No | No |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Official Website | Official Link ↗ | |
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | 3 |
| PCIe Lanes | 40 | 4 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 1020 | 1396 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 6726 | 4022 |