Intel Core i5 6600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

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Intel Core i5 6600

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600 with 4 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with 4 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 6600 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2133)

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

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

1042

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +1%

1060

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3810

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +25%

4776

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600 +3%

1215

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

1170

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +9%

3331

Blender

Intel Core i5 6600

38

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +121%

84

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

953

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +1%

966

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3325

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +17%

3901

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

2246

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +4%

2344

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

5989

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G +54%

9281

Intel Core i5 6600

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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jul 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Picasso

i5-6600

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon RX Vega 11

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

4.9 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

8

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1300 MHz

-

Shader Units

704

-

Texture Units

44

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

11

-

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

1.746 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

8

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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