AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7 6950X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2022
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Cezanne
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
-
i7-6950X
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
65 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90 °C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
10
Performance Core Threads
12
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
6
10
Total Thread Count
12
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
-
No
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,364
1,069
Cinebench R23
10,550
9,743
Geekbench 6
1,776
1,020
Geekbench 5
1,424
-
Geekbench 6
7,245
6,726
Geekbench 5
7,179
-
Blender
166
-
Passmark CPU
3,028
2,330
Passmark CPU
19,373
17,362