Intel Core i5 6600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jul 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 2 (Matisse)
Processor Number
i5-6600
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
No
Package
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AM4
Power Consumption
65 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
95°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
33x
38x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
24
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,042
1,350
Cinebench R23
3,810
18,437
Geekbench 6
1,215
1,763
Geekbench 5
953
1,311
Geekbench 6
3,041
11,025
Geekbench 5
3,325
12,279
Blender
41
261
Passmark CPU
2,246
2,769
Passmark CPU
5,989
32,856
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.