Intel Core i9 7900X vs Intel Core i7 6850K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2017
May 2016
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Broadwell E
Processor Number
i9-7900X
i7-6850K
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
140 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
6
Performance Core Threads
20
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.8 GHz
Total Core Count
10
6
Total Thread Count
20
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
33x
36x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
14 MB shared
15 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
44
40
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,203
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Cinebench R23
14,998
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Geekbench 6
1,323
986
Geekbench 6
8,536
3,877
Passmark CPU
2,556
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Passmark CPU
20,991
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.