Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600K with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 4100 with 4 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 6600K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1043

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +4%

1093

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3982

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +48%

5922

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1314

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +14%

1499

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3782

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +20%

4574

Blender

Intel Core i5 6600K

70

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +10%

77

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1125

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +3%

1167

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3775

AMD Ryzen 3 4100 +21%

4580

Intel Core i5 6600K

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AMD Ryzen 3 4100

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Apr 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Skylake

Core Architecture

Renoir

i5-6600K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 3 (Zen 2 (Renoir))

Package

-

Transistor Count

9.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

91 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

156 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

-

4

Performance Core Threads

-

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

38.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

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

-

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

3.0

PCIe Version

3

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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