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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6850K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 5700X is 2134 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6850K.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- Performs up to 21% better in Rust than Core i7-6850K - 228 vs 189 FPS
- Up to 21% cheaper than Core i7-6850K - £149.9 vs £188.88
- Up to 34% better value when playing Rust than Core i7-6850K - £0.66 vs £1.0 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 - 16 vs 12 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel BX80671I76850K Core i7 - i7-6850K - 3.6 GHz - 15 MB Cache - LGA2011
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Ryzen 7 5700X
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
FPS
228
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.66/FPS
100%
Price, £
£149.9
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Desktop Processor (8-core/16-thread, 36 MB cache, up to 4.6 GHz max boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Ryzen 7 5700X
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6850K | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Broadwell E | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6850K or Ryzen 7 5700X
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
128 FPS
£8.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,069.95
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128 FPS
£10.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,299.95
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128 FPS
£8.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,150.02
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106 FPS
£7.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Ryzen 7 5700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£829.98
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128 FPS
£10.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,405.2
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106 FPS
£10.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,149.6
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91 FPS
£11.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,064.4
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106 FPS
£9.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 7 5700X
8 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,049.95
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183 FPS
£10.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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