AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i5 6600K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2017
Aug 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
—
i5-6600K
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
95 W
91 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
3.9 GHz
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
35
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
6 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
20
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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1150 MHz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
963
1,040
Cinebench R23
9,232
3,963
Geekbench 6
1,096
1,486
Geekbench 5
981
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Geekbench 6
5,970
4,406
Geekbench 5
6,696
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Passmark CPU
2,178
2,327
Passmark CPU
16,305
6,329
Blender
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63
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.