Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

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Intel Core i5 6600K AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6600K with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX with 16 cores 3.9GHz . 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

Lower TDP (91W vs 280W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1043

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +34%

1401

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3982

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +582%

27175

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K +51%

1314

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

867

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K +67%

3782

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

2253

Blender

Intel Core i5 6600K

70

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +420%

364

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

1125

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +15%

1301

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

3775

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +299%

15072

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

2320

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +14%

2664

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6600K

6289

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +539%

40223

Intel Core i5 6600K

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i5-6600K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

sWRX8

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

sWRX8

91 W

Power Consumption

280 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

90 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

16

4

Performance Core Threads

32

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

4

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

39x

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

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

2048 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

8

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

204.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6600K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

128

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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