Intel Core i7 6900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 170
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Processor Number
i7-6900K
-
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 680M
Generation
-
Ryzen 7 (Zen 3+ (Rembrandt))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
FP7
Power Consumption
140 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
210 mm²
Package
-
FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.75 GHz
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
16
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR5-4800,LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2200 MHz
Shader Units
-
768
Texture Units
-
48
Raster Operation Units
-
32
Execution Units
-
12
Power Consumption
-
15
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,286
2,044
Geekbench 6
7,470
10,120
Cinebench 2024
-
86
Cinebench 2024
-
720
Passmark CPU
-
3,030
Passmark CPU
-
21,830