Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i7 6700K

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700K with 4 cores 4.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.6GHz)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1129

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +3%

1166

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5646

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +18%

6717

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

1512

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +9%

1650

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700K

5068

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +28%

6523

Intel Core i7 6700K

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

General Parameters

Aug 2015

Release Date

Sep 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Skylake

Core Architecture

Matisse

i7-6700K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

91 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

124 mm²

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

-

8

Performance Core Threads

-

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Graphics Performance

1.18 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

3.0

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

24

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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