AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Core i7 6700

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Intel Core i7 6700

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 6700 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X '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 (3.6GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 6700 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

1234

Intel Core i7 6700 +12%

1388

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4269

Intel Core i7 6700 +8%

4622

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

971

Intel Core i7 6700 +3%

1002

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

3880

Intel Core i7 6700

3915

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X +1%

2313

Intel Core i7 6700

2288

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X +17%

9465

Intel Core i7 6700

8087

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

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Intel Core i7 6700

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

i7-6700

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

34

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 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 5 2500X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6700

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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