Intel Core i5 6600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600 with 4 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 4600G with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G's Advantages

Released 4 years and 10 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 6MB)

Lower TDP (45W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

994

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +22%

1219

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3739

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +148%

9280

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

1215

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +30%

1591

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +93%

5889

Blender

Intel Core i5 6600

42

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +254%

149

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

953

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +23%

1178

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3325

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +75%

5826

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

2246

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +17%

2639

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

5989

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G +161%

15640

Intel Core i5 6600

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AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i5-6600

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 7

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

4.9 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

12

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

33x

Multiplier

37x

64K per core

L1 Cache

96K per core

256K per core

L2 Cache

512K per core

6MB shared

L3 Cache

8MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1900 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

28

-

Raster Operation Units

7

-

Power Consumption

10-45 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.108 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

12

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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