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Intel i7-6900K 8-core 3.2 GHz Socket 2011 140W Desktop Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-core 3.6 GHz Socket 0 65W Desktop Processor

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CPU Architecture The smaller CPU, the better performance

14 nm

7 nm

Cores The more Cores, the more tasks CPU can perform at the same time

8

8

Threads Threads are not physical cores, but they help with multitasking

16

16

CPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions CPU can execute per second

3.2 GHz

11% higher

3.6 GHz

CPU Turbo Clock CPU turbo clock helps to squeeze more performance by increasing base clock

3.7 GHz

16% higher

4.4 GHz

Cache CPU stores copies of the frequently used data to the cache for faster execution

20 MB

32 MB

DDR3 Type of memory CPU supports

No

No

DDR4 Type of memory CPU supports

Yes

Yes

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data is transfered between CPU and RAM
38% faster

76.8 GB/s

47.6 GB/s

Maximum Memory The maximum amount of memory CPU can support

128 GB

128 GB

Generation

6

0

Socket

2011

0

Thermal Design Power Typical power consumption of the Central Processing Unit

140 Watts

54% lower

65 Watts

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CPU Architecture 7 nm vs 14 nm CPU architecture size is (7nm) 50% bigger
CPU Clock 3.6 GHz vs 3.2 GHz Clock speed is (0.4GHz) 11% higher
CPU Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz Turbo clock speed is (0.7GHz) 16% higher
Cache 32 MB vs 20 MB (12MB) 38% bigger processor cache memory
Thermal Design Power 65 Watts vs 140 Watts Power consumption is (75Watts) 54% lower
CONS 1
Memory Bandwidth 47.6 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s Memory bandwidth is (29.2GB/s) 38% slower
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Intel i7-6900K 8-core 3.2 GHz Socket 2011 140W Desktop Processor
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