AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i7 6900K
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen+
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i7-6900K
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTR4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
250 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
8
Performance Core Threads
48
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
24
8
Total Thread Count
48
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
32x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,159
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Cinebench R23
26,292
-
Geekbench 6
1,297
1,286
Geekbench 5
1,064
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Geekbench 6
8,391
7,470
Geekbench 5
11,876
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Passmark CPU
2,319
-
Passmark CPU
29,986
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