Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

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Intel Core i5 6600K

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600K with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G with 6 cores 4.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1040

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G +72%

1792

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1486

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G +66%

2476

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

4406

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G +155%

11266

Intel Core i5 6600K

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AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Apr 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

i5-6600K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 760M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

91 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.3 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35

Multiplier

43

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

6 MB

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 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

800 MHz

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

-

Shader Units

512

-

Texture Units

32

-

Raster Operation Units

16

-

Execution Units

8

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

2.87 TFLOPS

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

AMD Ryzen™ AI

-

Theoretical performance

16 TOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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