AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i7 6700

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 6700 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 10 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 (3.8GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

Intel Core i7 6700 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +23%

1324

Intel Core i7 6700

1076

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +94%

9770

Intel Core i7 6700

5018

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +41%

1767

Intel Core i7 6700

1250

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +105%

7554

Intel Core i7 6700

3667

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +77%

147

Intel Core i7 6700

83

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +33%

1339

Intel Core i7 6700

1002

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +93%

7577

Intel Core i7 6700

3915

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +19%

2740

Intel Core i7 6700

2299

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +129%

18504

Intel Core i7 6700

8046

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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Intel Core i7 6700

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Sep 2015

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2 (Matisse)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6700

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

4

12

Performance Core Threads

8

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

34x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6700

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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