AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i5 6600K

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, vs Intel Core i5 6600K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i5 6600K
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
1510
Intel Core i5 6600K
1041
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
14077
Intel Core i5 6600K
3965
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
92
Intel Core i5 6600K
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
801
Intel Core i5 6600K
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
3383
Intel Core i5 6600K
2317
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
26627
Intel Core i5 6600K
6302
Integer Math92.9 GOps/s16.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math51.8 GOps/s14 GOps/s
Prime Number Search120 M primes/s31 M primes/s
Random String Sort33.5 M strings/s10.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption20.2 GB/s1.8 GB/s
Data Compression323.6 MB/s86.2 MB/s
Physics1341 frames/s507 frames/s
Extended Instructions217 M matrices/s75 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
2166
Intel Core i5 6600K
1486
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
10313
Intel Core i5 6600K
4409
File Compression1060 MB/s363.1 MB/s
Clang Compilation78.8 KLines/s29.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser209.4 pages/s98.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering307.8 MP/sec150.1 MP/sec
Text Processing217.9 pages/s149.8 pages/s
Background Blur41.4 frames/s28.1 frames/s
Photo Processing76.8 frames/s47.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing18.6 MP/sec4.81 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
205.55
Intel Core i5 6600K
54.45

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 158.7 PPW 48.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 409.6 PPW 69.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 12.3 PPW n/a
Blender / W 3.16 PPW 0.6 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced March, 15, 2022 August, 5, 2015
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Skylake
Model number n/a i5-6600K
Integrated GPU No HD Graphics 530

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 3.9 GHz
General
Cores count84
Threads count164
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier34x35x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total6 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 91 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 90 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2133
- DDR3L-1600
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 51.2 GB 34.1 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 5700X the clear winner in this comparison.

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