Intel Core i7 6900K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
Jul 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Zen 2
Processor Number
i7-6900K
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
sWRX8
Power Consumption
140 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
90 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
39
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2048 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
204.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
40
128
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,286
1,668
Geekbench 6
7,470
13,638
Cinebench R23
—
1,401
Cinebench R23
—
27,175
Geekbench 5
—
1,301
Geekbench 5
—
15,072
Blender
—
393
Passmark CPU
—
2,682
Passmark CPU
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40,251
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.