AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Intel Core i5 6600

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Intel Core i5 6600

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT with 16 cores 3.3GHz 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 9 5900XT 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 6600 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +91%

2331

Intel Core i5 6600

1215

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +345%

13539

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +936%

394

Intel Core i5 6600

38

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

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Intel Core i5 6600

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6600

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

2x74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

4

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

32

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

33x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 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 9 5900XT

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6600

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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