Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

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Intel Pentium Gold G6600

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Pentium Gold G6600 with 2 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT with 16 cores 3.3GHz . 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

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (58W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

901

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +158%

2331

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

1858

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +628%

13539

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

General Parameters

May 2020

Release Date

Jul 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Comet Lake

Core Architecture

Vermeer

G6600

Processor Number

-

LGA-1200

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Package

-

Transistor Count

8.3 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

58 W

Power Consumption

105 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

90°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

2x74 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

125 mm²

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

12

4

Performance Core Threads

24

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

2

Total Core Count

16

4

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

33.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 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 9 5900XT

3.0

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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