AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i7 6700K
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
Aug 2015
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Vermeer
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
-
i7-6700K
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
65 W
91 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
-
Transistor Count
-
1.75 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
4
Performance Core Threads
24
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
4.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
12
4
Total Thread Count
24
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
40
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1150 MHz
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,584
1,129
Cinebench R23
20,887
5,646
Geekbench 6
2,080
1,512
Geekbench 5
1,715
1,087
Geekbench 6
9,774
5,068
Geekbench 5
13,017
4,271
Blender
282
107
Passmark CPU
3,447
2,503
Passmark CPU
34,510
8,928