AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i5 6600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i5 6600 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X's Advantages

Released 5 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

Intel Core i5 6600's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +69%

1684

Intel Core i5 6600

994

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +669%

28782

Intel Core i5 6600

3739

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +82%

2218

Intel Core i5 6600

1215

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +357%

13903

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +90%

1819

Intel Core i5 6600

953

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +453%

18397

Intel Core i5 6600

3325

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +54%

3471

Intel Core i5 6600

2246

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +662%

45659

Intel Core i5 6600

5989

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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Intel Core i5 6600

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Sep 2015

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6600

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

32

Performance Core Threads

4

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

4

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

34x

Multiplier

33x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

256K per core

64MB shared

L3 Cache

6MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

128GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6600

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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