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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6800K outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 2500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6800K is 832 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 5 2500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6800K - 65 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6800K
- Performs up to 2% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen 5 2500X - 125 vs 122 FPS
- Up to 15% cheaper than Ryzen 5 2500X - $90.0 vs $106.47
- Up to 17% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen 5 2500X - $0.72 vs $0.87 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2500X - 12 vs 8 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
FPS
122
97.6%
Value, $/FPS
$0.87/FPS
82.75862068965517%
Price, $
$106.47
84%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 65W Socket AM4
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Core i7-6800K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
125
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.72/FPS
100%
Price, $
$90
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core i7-6800K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz) FCLGA2011-3 (BX80671I76800K)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Core i7-6800K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Single-Core
1103
90.11437908496733%
Multi-Core
3801
67.14361420243773%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | vs | Intel Core i7-6800K |
|---|---|---|
Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 140 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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