Intel Core i5 6600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

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Intel Core i5 6600

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600 with 4 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 7700 with 8 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

1042

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 +88%

1969

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3810

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 +422%

19910

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

1215

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 +132%

2829

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3041

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 +355%

13858

Blender

Intel Core i5 6600

38

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 +802%

343

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600

953

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 +126%

2159

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600

3325

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 +316%

13851

Intel Core i5 6600

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i5-6600

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

142 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

4

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

38x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

128

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.54 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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