Intel Core i5 6600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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Intel Core i5 6600

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600 with 4 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores 3.6GHz . 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

Integrated graphics card

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 's Advantages

Released 3 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 (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

1042

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +28%

1342

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3810

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +219%

12173

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

1215

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +34%

1629

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +166%

8104

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

953

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +33%

1275

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3325

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +151%

8375

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

2246

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +17%

2646

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

5989

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +277%

22611

Intel Core i5 6600

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jul 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i5-6600

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

4

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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