AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i7 6950X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i7 6950X with 10 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

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

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6950X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +34%

1434

Intel Core i7 6950X

1069

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +10%

10782

Intel Core i7 6950X

9743

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +91%

1958

Intel Core i7 6950X

1020

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +20%

8078

Intel Core i7 6950X

6726

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +52%

1480

Intel Core i7 6950X

968

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

7532

Intel Core i7 6950X +22%

9253

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +36%

3192

Intel Core i7 6950X

2330

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +14%

19915

Intel Core i7 6950X

17362

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

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Intel Core i7 6950X

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Cezanne)

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6950X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

Radeon RX Vega 7

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 5

Generation

-

Package

10.7 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

45-65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

180 mm²

Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

10

12

Performance Core Threads

20

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1900 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

28

Texture Units

-

7

Raster Operation Units

-

10-45 W

Power Consumption

-

1.108 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6950X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

40

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