AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i5 6600K
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i5 6600K with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages
Released 7 years late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 6600K 's Advantages
Lower TDP (91W vs 170W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+97%
2059
Intel Core i5 6600K
1040
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+863%
38165
Intel Core i5 6600K
3963
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+106%
3068
Intel Core i5 6600K
1486
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+385%
21409
Intel Core i5 6600K
4406
Geekbench 5 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+98%
2232
Intel Core i5 6600K
1125
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+542%
24244
Intel Core i5 6600K
3775
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+84%
4286
Intel Core i5 6600K
2327
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
+895%
62987
Intel Core i5 6600K
6329
General Parameters
Aug 2022
Release Date
Aug 2015
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Core Architecture
Skylake
-
Processor Number
i5-6600K
AM5
Socket
LGA-1151
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Package
13.1 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
170 W
Power Consumption
91 W
230 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
95°C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
CPU Performance
16
Performance Cores
4
32
Performance Core Threads
4
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
5.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
16
Total Core Count
4
32
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
45x
Multiplier
35
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
128 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
73.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
1500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
448
Shader Units
-
8
Texture Units
-
4
Raster Operation Units
-
2
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
1.43 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
5.0
PCIe Version
3.0
28
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
