AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Pentium Gold G6500 with 2 cores 4.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Lower TDP (58W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +41%

1164

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

821

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +208%

5236

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

1700

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +26%

1048

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

828

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +171%

5787

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

2130

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

2370

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 +5%

2500

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +236%

13981

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

4159

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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Intel Pentium Gold G6500

General Parameters

Apr 2018

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

G6500

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

58 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

2

12

Performance Core Threads

4

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

6

Total Core Count

2

12

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

41x

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

4 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

3

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Official Website

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

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