What's the best choice AMD Opteron X3421 or Intel Core i7-6950X? Which processor is faster?
We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.
AMD Opteron X3421 has a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. 4 / 4 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q2/2015.
Intel Core i7-6950X has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 140 W. Released in Q2/2016.
Reasons to consider Performance per watt
times less performance per watt
140 W
Common positions AMD Opteron X3421 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
Reasons to consider Place in the overall ranking
(based on several benchmarks)
score
Higher clock speed
Around 30% better clock speed
2.10 GHz
More number of cores
About 2.5 times more cores
4
Higher turbo clock speed
Around 3 % better overclocked clock speed
3.40 GHz
Common positions Intel Core i7-6950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
AMD Opteron X3421
Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
Intel Core i 6000X
Desktop / Server
6
Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.
normal
Yes
3.00 GHz
Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.
no iGPU
No turbo
Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6950X and AMD Opteron X3421. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.
DDR4-2400
4
No
Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Opteron X3421 and Intel Core i7-6950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.
140 W
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Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Opteron X3421 and AMD Opteron X3421, virtual machine technologies and process technology.
x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
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25.00 MB
Broadwell E
14 nm
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
LGA 2011-3
Q2/2016
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Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Opteron X3421 and Intel Core i7-6950X.
Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!
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