Intel Core i5 6600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Rembrandt
Processor Number
i5-6600
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 680M
Package
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FP7
Power Consumption
65 W
45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
4
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
33x
33x
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
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
64 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2400 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
2000 MHz
Shader Units
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768
Texture Units
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48
Raster Operation Units
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32
Execution Units
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12
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
16
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,042
1,610
Cinebench R23
3,810
14,096
Geekbench 6
1,215
2,097
Geekbench 5
953
1,583
Geekbench 6
3,041
10,086
Geekbench 5
3,325
10,087
Blender
41
205
Passmark CPU
2,246
3,421
Passmark CPU
5,989
24,494
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.