Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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Intel Pentium Gold G6600

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Pentium Gold G6600 with 2 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Pentium Gold G6600 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Lower TDP (58W vs 65W)

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

901

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +29%

1170

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

1858

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +143%

4526

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600 +4%

1072

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1029

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

2273

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +148%

5638

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600 +14%

2564

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

2242

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

4375

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +199%

13124

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600

General Parameters

May 2020

Release Date

Sep 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Comet Lake

Core Architecture

Zen+

G6600

Processor Number

-

LGA-1200

Socket

AM4

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

58 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

2

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

34x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

350 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1100 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

192

Shader Units

-

24

Texture Units

-

3

Raster Operation Units

-

24

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

0.38 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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