AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7 6700
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
—
i7-6700
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
95 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
12
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
6
4
Total Thread Count
12
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
34
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
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
24
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1150 MHz
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,039
1,388
Geekbench 5
988
1,002
Geekbench 6
4,315
4,622
Geekbench 5
5,881
3,915
Passmark CPU
2,197
2,288
Passmark CPU
13,019
8,087
Cinebench R23
—
1,063
Cinebench R23
—
4,841
Blender
—
88
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.