AMD Ryzen 5 9600 vs Intel Core i5 6600
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz 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 5 9600 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+166%
3240
Intel Core i5 6600
1215
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+387%
14815
Intel Core i5 6600
3041
General Parameters
Feb 2025
Release Date
Sep 2015
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Skylake
-
Processor Number
i5-6600
AM5
Socket
LGA-1151
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Generation
-
Package
-
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
5.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
6
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
38
Multiplier
33x
80 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
192 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2
Execution Units
-
Miscellaneous
5.0
PCIe Version
3.0
28
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
