| Attribute |
Intel Core i7-3930k × | 
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | Intel | AMD |
| Series | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition | AMD Phenom II |
| Model | Intel Core i7-3930k | AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| CPU Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | - |
| Overclocking | + | + |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | No | No |
| h264 | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | No |
| VP8 | No | No |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | No | No |
| VP9 | No | No |
| AVC | No | No |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Memory type | DDR3-1600 | DDR2-1066 |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2011 | 2010 |
| Technology (Nm) | 32 | - |
| Socket | LGA 2011 | AM3 |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 12 | 6 |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge | Thuban |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 130 | 125 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 12,139 | 5,868 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 785 | 508 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 4,576 | 2,225 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 140 | 93 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 1,045 | 501 |
| Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) | 269 | 209 |
| Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) | 1,986 | 1,093 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1.53 | 1.12 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 10.16 | 5.81 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 3,542 | 1,935 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 20,711 | 9,502 |
| Blender 2.81 (bmw27) | 427.7 | - |