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Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 3600

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 1132 days newer than Core i7-6950X.

Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 20 vs 12 threads

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 3% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i7-6950X - 118 vs 115 FPS
  • Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 65 vs 140 Watts
This is a free version of Baldur's Gate 3.
Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo
Core i7-6950X

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


FPS

115

97.45762711864407%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

118

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€85

100%

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processore (6C / 12T, 35 MB di cache, 4,2 GHz Max Boost)

Buy for 85 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 76636 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo
Core i7-6950X

Desktop • May 31st, 2016

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo
Core i7-6950X

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


Single-Core

1295

81.08954289292424%

Multi-Core

8447

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

81.49638925062152%

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo

Intel Core i7-6950X

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

May 31st, 2016Release Date
Jul 7th, 2019
Core i7CollectionRyzen 5
Broadwell-ECodenameMatisse
Intel Socket 2011-3SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
10
Cores6
20
Threads12
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
140 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
30.0xMultiplier
36.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Ryzen 5 3600

Baldur's Gate 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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