AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX vs Intel Core i5 6600

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX Intel Core i5 6600

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX with 12 cores 4.0GHz 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 Threadripper Pro 3945WX's Advantages

Released 4 years and 10 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

Intel Core i5 6600's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX +28%

1561

Intel Core i5 6600

1215

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX +260%

10957

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

Blender

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX +580%

286

Intel Core i5 6600

42

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX +36%

1303

Intel Core i5 6600

953

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX +325%

14155

Intel Core i5 6600

3325

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX +19%

2690

Intel Core i5 6600

2246

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX +452%

33118

Intel Core i5 6600

5989

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX

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Intel Core i5 6600

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6600

sWRX8

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sWRX8

Socket

LGA-1151

280 W

Power Consumption

65 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

4

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

4

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

40x

Multiplier

33x

96K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

256K per core

64MB shared

L3 Cache

6MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

2048GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

204.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6600

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

128

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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