i7-965 Extreme Edition vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking581not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7EE
Power efficiency82.52no data
Architecture codenameRembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) (2022)Nehalem (2008−2010)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)17 November 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed2.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)8 MB
Chip lithography6 nm45 nm
Die size208 mm2263 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data731 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP7no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE4A, BMI2, AES-NI, SSE4.1, ABM, RDRAND, SSE4.2, RDSEED, SSE, AVX, FMA, SMEP, SHA, SSE2, AVX2, ADX, SMAP, SMT, SSE3, CPB, SME, SSSE3no data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5no data
Maximum memory sizeno data24 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2022 17 November 2008
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 6 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 130 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has an age advantage of 13 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is a notebook processor while Core i7-965 Extreme Edition is a desktop one.


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