Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Jan 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Picasso
Processor Number
i5-6600K
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon Vega 8
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
12 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FP5
Power Consumption
91 W
12-35 W
Transistor Count
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4.9 billions
Peak Operating Temperature
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105 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
4
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
4
4
Total Thread Count
4
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35
21x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR4-2400
Max Memory Size
64 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
35.76 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
1200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
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300 MHz
Shader Units
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512
Texture Units
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32
Raster Operation Units
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8
Execution Units
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8
Power Consumption
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65 W
Max Resolution
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3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
12
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,040
765
Cinebench R23
3,963
2,752
Geekbench 6
1,486
920
Geekbench 6
4,406
2,547
Blender
63
49
Passmark CPU
2,327
1,954
Passmark CPU
6,329
6,987
Geekbench 5
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550
Geekbench 5
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2,859
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.