AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5 6600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 with 4 cores 3.1GHz 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 3 1200 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (39.74GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 6MB)

Intel Core i5 6600 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

833

Intel Core i5 6600 +25%

1042

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3010

Intel Core i5 6600 +26%

3810

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1216

Intel Core i5 6600

1215

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 +21%

3709

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

Blender

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

42

Intel Core i5 6600

42

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

928

Intel Core i5 6600 +2%

953

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3042

Intel Core i5 6600 +9%

3325

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1924

Intel Core i5 6600 +16%

2246

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 +4%

6284

Intel Core i5 6600

5989

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

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Intel Core i5 6600

General Parameters

Jul 2017

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6600

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31x

Multiplier

33x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 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 3 1200

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6600

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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