Intel Core i7 6900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
Apr 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number
i7-6900K
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
FL1
Power Consumption
140 W
55 W
Transistor Count
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13.14 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
75 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
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2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
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µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
24
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
40
28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,286
2,766
Geekbench 6
7,470
16,747
Cinebench R23
—
2,001
Cinebench R23
—
34,973
Cinebench 2024
—
113
Cinebench 2024
—
1,719
Passmark CPU
—
4,035
Passmark CPU
—
55,980
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.