Intel Core i7 6900K vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Processor Number
i7-6900K
430
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 840M
Generation
—
Ryzen AI 7 (Zen 5 (Gorgon Point))
Series
—
Ryzen AI 400 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
FP8
Power Consumption
140 W
15-28 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
Package
—
FP8
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
1
Performance Core Threads
16
2
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
20
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
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
—
3
Efficiency Core Threads
—
6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.4 GHz
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
128 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
40
14
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2800 MHz
Shader Units
—
256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
—
8
Execution Units
—
4
Power Consumption
—
15-54
Max Resolution
—
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
AI Accelerator
NPU
—
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
—
50 TOPS
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,286
2,482
Geekbench 6
7,470
7,692
Cinebench R23
—
1,824
Cinebench R23
—
8,811
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.