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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6850K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 2419 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6850K.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 153% better in League of Legends than Core i7-6850K - 387 vs 153 FPS
- Up to 7% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i7-6850K - £0.83 vs £0.89 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6850K - 65 vs 140 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6850K - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6850K doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6850K
- Up to 57% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - £136.66 vs £319.97
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
FPS
387
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.83/FPS
100%
Price, £
£319.97
42%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Desktop Processor (12-core/24-thread, 76MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)
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Intel BX80671I76850K Core i7 - i7-6850K - 3.6 GHz - 15 MB Cache - LGA2011
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | vs | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Raphael | Codename | Broadwell E |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 140 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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