Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700K with 4 cores 4.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 7600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.8GHz)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1136

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +65%

1876

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5661

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +154%

14433

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1544

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +93%

2995

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5265

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +171%

14277

Blender

Intel Core i7 6700K

96

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +168%

258

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1087

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +91%

2080

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

4271

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +155%

10928

Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i7-6700K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

91 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

88 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

38x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

128

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.54 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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