amd ryzen 5 5600x vs intel core i5 6600k
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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 6600K (Desktop) 4-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 6600K
- Newer released 2015 years later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Newer released 5 years later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than the Intel Core i5 6600K – 65 vs 91 Watt
- Around 17.1 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 26 MB larger L3 cache size
- 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Intel Core i5 6600K | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | August 5 2015 | October 8 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake | Vermeer |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | - |
Performance
| Intel Core i5 6600K | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB (shared) | 32 MB |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Intel Core i5 6600K | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 91 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 64°C | °C |
Memory support
| Intel Core i5 6600K | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| Intel Core i5 6600K | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 530 | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1.15 MHz | MHz |
Misc
| Intel Core i5 6600K | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Official site | Intel Core i5 6600K official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3 | 4 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 |