AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i7-6850K

AMD Ryzen 7 2700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Intel Core i7-6850K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / May 2016
Intel Core i7-6850K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    117%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    103%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    130%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
75 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 17% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6850K

None

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-6850K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-6850K
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsBroadwell-E
Release DateMar 2018vsMay 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-6850K
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-6850K
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs32 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-6850K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-6850K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    4510 points
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    34355 points
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    29030 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    1561
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    1195

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (simulated)
    169.66
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    164

points - higher is better