AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i7 6950X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2020
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2 (Matisse)
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Processor Number
-
i7-6950X
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
105 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
10
Performance Core Threads
24
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
12
10
Total Thread Count
24
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
38x
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 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
47.68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,350
1,069
Cinebench R23
18,437
9,743
Geekbench 6
1,763
1,020
Geekbench 5
1,311
-
Geekbench 6
11,025
6,726
Geekbench 5
12,279
-
Blender
261
-
Passmark CPU
2,769
2,330
Passmark CPU
32,856
17,362