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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6700 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-6700 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 2744 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6700.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Performs up to 11% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Core i7-6700 - 136 vs 122 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6700 - 32 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700
- Up to 81% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - £96.66 vs £520.0
- Up to 79% better value when playing ARK: Survival Evolved than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - £0.79 vs £3.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 65 vs 120 Watts
ARK: Survival Evolved
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
136
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.82/FPS
20.68062827225131%
Price, £
£520
18%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor with 3D V-Cache technology, 16 cores/32 skewed threads, Zen 4 architecture, 144MB cache, 120W TDP, up to 5.7GHz boost frequency, Socket AMD 5, DDR5 & PCIe 5.0
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Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
FPS
122
89.70588235294117%
Value, £/FPS
£0.79/FPS
100%
Price, £
£96.66
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i7 Quad-Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Processor CPU
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Single-Core
1293
44.31117203564085%
Multi-Core
4140
21.08694544898895%
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | vs | Intel Core i7-6700 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2023 | Release Date | Jul 1st, 2015 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Raphael | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 4 |
32 | Threads | 8 |
4.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
5.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 120 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
42.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Core i7-6700
ARK: Survival Evolved, 1920 x 1080, Epic
136 FPS
£23.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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136 FPS
£25.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, N/A Storage
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