AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i7 6700K

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

Released 3 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2133)

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

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

Intel Core i7 6700K +28%

1544

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

Intel Core i7 6700K +57%

5265

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1035

Intel Core i7 6700K +5%

1087

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3439

Intel Core i7 6700K +24%

4271

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

2364

Intel Core i7 6700K +6%

2510

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

7577

Intel Core i7 6700K +17%

8940

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i7 6700K

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Aug 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6700K

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

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

91 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

40x

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

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

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 i7 6700K

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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