Pentium G6950 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 28 Watt
11.64
+1539%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z outperforms Pentium G6950 by a whopping 1539% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7322876
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.03
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesRembrandt (Zen 3+)no data
Power efficiency17.570.41
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameRembrandt U (Zen 3+) (2022)Clarkdale (2010−2011)
Release date20 April 2022 (3 years ago)7 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$60

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.75 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data81 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C73 °C
Number of transistorsno data382 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketFP7FCLGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt73 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16.38 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)Intel HD

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and Pentium G6950.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 11.64
+1539%
Pentium G6950 0.71

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 20451
+1533%
Samples: 47
Pentium G6950 1252
Samples: 87

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 1473
+380%
Pentium G6950 307

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 6464
+1129%
Pentium G6950 526

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.64 0.71
Recency 20 April 2022 7 January 2010
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Chip lithography 6 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 73 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z has a 1539.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 160.7% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium G6950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z is a notebook processor while Pentium G6950 is a desktop one.

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