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Processor comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-6850K

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

AMD Socket AM4 3600 MHz 4 cores Jan 2018 DESKTOP
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
Intel

Intel Core i7-6850K

Intel Socket 2011-3 3600 MHz 6 cores May 2016 DESKTOP
Intel Core i7-6850K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G100%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K126%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G100%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K106%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G100%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K145%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

  • 75 watts lower power draw.
  • This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
  • Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-6850K.

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6850K

  • 6% higher single threaded performance.
  • Much higher multi threaded performance (around 45% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
  • Around 26% higher average synthetic performance.
Intel Core i7-6850K
Gaming

HWSpot recommends the Intel Core i7-6850K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6850K
Productivity

HWSpot recommends the Intel Core i7-6850K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-6850K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AES
F16C
BMI1
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-6850K
ArchitectureAMD ZenIntel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4DDR4
CodenameZenBroadwell-E
Release DateJan 2018May 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-6850K
Cores46
Threads812
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 11No

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-6850K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)32 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache1024 KB (shared)15360 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-6850K
SocketAMD Socket AM4Intel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Tempunknown72°C
Package
Die Size246mm²unknown
Process14 nm14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-6850K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHz3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHz3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHz100 MHz
Voltagevariableunknown
TDP65 W140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G4290 points
  • Intel Core i7-6850K4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G19324 points
  • Intel Core i7-6850K29030 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G154
  • Intel Core i7-6850K164

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G820
  • Intel Core i7-6850K1195

points - higher is better

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