AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5 6600

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AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Intel Core i5 6600

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz 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 2300X 's Advantages

Released 3 years late

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 6600 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

Intel Core i5 6600 +1%

1215

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +9%

3337

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +8%

1035

Intel Core i5 6600

953

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +3%

3439

Intel Core i5 6600

3325

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +5%

2364

Intel Core i5 6600

2246

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +26%

7577

Intel Core i5 6600

5989

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i5 6600

General Parameters

Sep 2018

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

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

33x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 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 2300X

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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