AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7 6900K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i7-6900K
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
65 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
32x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
40
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
898
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Cinebench R23
6,168
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Geekbench 6
1,144
1,286
Geekbench 5
924
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Geekbench 6
5,129
7,470
Geekbench 5
5,065
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Blender
115
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Passmark CPU
2,060
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Passmark CPU
12,279
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.