Intel Core i5 6400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6400 with 4 cores 2.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 6400 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6400

898

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +42%

1281

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6400

3214

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +191%

9354

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6400

1143

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +43%

1640

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6400

3312

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +113%

7084

Blender

Intel Core i5 6400

41

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +280%

156

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6400

853

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +45%

1240

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6400

2805

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +152%

7078

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6400

1961

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +30%

2565

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6400

5151

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +243%

17685

Intel Core i5 6400

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jul 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Matisse

i5-6400

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

950 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6400

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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