Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 5 (Fire Range)
Processor Number
i5-6600K
9850HX
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 610M
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FL1
Power Consumption
91 W
55-75 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
101 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35
30
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
96 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
Shader Units
—
128
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
—
4
Execution Units
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2
Power Consumption
—
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,040
1,878
Cinebench R23
3,963
26,711
Geekbench 6
1,486
2,935
Geekbench 6
4,406
15,177
Blender
63
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Passmark CPU
2,327
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Passmark CPU
6,329
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.