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
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 92.9 GOps/s | 16.3 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 51.8 GOps/s | 14 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 120 M primes/s | 31 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 33.5 M strings/s | 10.5 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 20.2 GB/s | 1.8 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 323.6 MB/s | 86.2 MB/s |
| Physics | 1341 frames/s | 507 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 217 M matrices/s | 75 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1060 MB/s | 363.1 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 78.8 KLines/s | 29.9 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 209.4 pages/s | 98.1 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 307.8 MP/sec | 150.1 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 217.9 pages/s | 149.8 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 41.4 frames/s | 28.1 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 76.8 frames/s | 47.6 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 18.6 MP/sec | 4.81 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| 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
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.6 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Cores count | 8 | 4 |
| Threads count | 16 | 4 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Bandwidth | n/a | 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 34x | 35x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 512 KB/core | 256 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB total | 6 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
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.
Survey
Total Votes: 1