Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

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Intel Pentium Gold G6600

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Pentium Gold G6600 with 2 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X with 32 cores 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

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 4GHz)

Lower TDP (58W vs 350W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

901

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +226%

2942

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

1858

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +1271%

25488

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

General Parameters

May 2020

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Comet Lake

Core Architecture

Storm Peak

G6600

Processor Number

-

LGA-1200

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Package

-

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

58 W

Power Consumption

350 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

388 mm²

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

-

4

Performance Core Threads

-

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

2

Total Core Count

32

4

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

40.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

1 TB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

166.4 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 Threadripper 7970X

3.0

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

88

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