AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i7 6700K
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i7 6700K with 4 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Advantages
Released 8 years and 10 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)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)
Intel Core i7 6700K Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.9GHz)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
+87%
2119
Intel Core i7 6700K
1129
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
+188%
16284
Intel Core i7 6700K
5646
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
+120%
3331
Intel Core i7 6700K
1512
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
+196%
15031
Intel Core i7 6700K
5068
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
+82%
4571
Intel Core i7 6700K
2503
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
+234%
29828
Intel Core i7 6700K
8928
General Parameters
Jun 2024
Release Date
Aug 2015
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Skylake
-
Processor Number
i7-6700K
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
91 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
8
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
5.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
6
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
39
Multiplier
40
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
8 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
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
