Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
i7-6700K
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 740M
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
20.9 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FP7
Power Consumption
91 W
15-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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100 °C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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137 mm²
Package
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FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
2
Performance Core Threads
8
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
40
32x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
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4
Efficiency Core Threads
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8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.7 GHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
64 GB
256 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
2800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
Shader Units
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256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
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8
Execution Units
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4
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
14
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,129
1,789
Cinebench R23
5,646
10,405
Geekbench 6
1,512
2,445
Geekbench 5
1,087
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Geekbench 6
5,068
9,182
Geekbench 5
4,271
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Blender
107
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Passmark CPU
2,503
3,759
Passmark CPU
8,928
18,276
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.