AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7 6800K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 6800K with 6 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 5500 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 15MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6800K 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +43%

1365

Intel Core i7 6800K

951

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +59%

10573

Intel Core i7 6800K

6632

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +30%

1776

Intel Core i7 6800K

1363

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +11%

7245

Intel Core i7 6800K

6495

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +59%

155

Intel Core i7 6800K

97

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +54%

1424

Intel Core i7 6800K

922

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +29%

7179

Intel Core i7 6800K

5537

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +33%

3028

Intel Core i7 6800K

2269

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +80%

19373

Intel Core i7 6800K

10740

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Core i7 6800K

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6800K

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

34x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6800K

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

28

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