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AMD Ryzen Z2 vs Intel Core i7-6950X
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Intel Core i7-6950X
60 %
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-6950X
95 %
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Intel Core i7-6950X
51 %
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-6950X
69 %
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen Z2 (3) | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 8040 (22) | Intel Core i 6000X (1) |
| Architecture | Hawk Point (Zen 4) | Broadwell E |
| Technology | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | FP8 | LGA 2011-3 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen Z2 | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 10 / 20 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 8x Zen 4 | 10x |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 5.10 GHz | 3.50 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.50 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | 25.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen Z2 | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon 780M | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 - 2.70 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 12 / 768 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 4 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 4 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) | DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | 3.0 x 40 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | 140 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen Z2 | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q1/2025 | Q2/2016 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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