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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Core i7-6850K
Launched Q3 2018 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTR4 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Colfax Broadwell-E
Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 9.1 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 0 % 140 W 22.2 %
Lithography 12 nm 14.3 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 64 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 4 × 8 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Core i7-6850K
Overall Score 66016 0 % 52179 21 %
Future Proof 66 % 0 % 53 % 19.7 %
Benchmark Score 18993 0 % 7413 61 %
Single Thread Score 2457 0 % 2415 1.7 %
Encrypting Data 32280.2 MB/s 0 % 3167.9 MB/s 90.2 %
Compressing Data 497.7 MB/s 0 % 166.6 MB/s 66.5 %
String objects sorting 57031 thousand/s 0 % 22397.7 thousand/s 60.7 %
Prime numbers generation 65.5 millions/s 0 % 50 millions/s 23.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129205 millions/s 0 % 39339.7 millions/s 69.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65576.9 millions/s 0 % 25869.2 millions/s 60.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, Core i7-6850K.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Core i7-6850K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 150.8 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 241.4 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 301.7 FPS 219.3 FPS
Low settings 377.1 FPS 274.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Core i7-6850K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.1 FPS 142.6 FPS
High settings 267.3 FPS 228.2 FPS
Medium settings 334.1 FPS 285.3 FPS
Low settings 417.6 FPS 356.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.6 %
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