AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core i5 6600
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2025
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Skylake
Processor Number
9950X3D
i5-6600
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
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Series
Ryzen 9000 Series
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Package
Transistor Count
16.6 billions
1.75 billions
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM5
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
170 W
65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
230 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
2x70.6 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
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I/O Die Size
122 mm²
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Package
FC-LGA1718
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.7 GHz
3.9 GHz
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
32
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
43
33x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
-
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
192 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1150 MHz
Shader Units
128
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Texture Units
8
-
Raster Operation Units
4
-
Execution Units
2
-
Power Consumption
15
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,240
1,042
Cinebench R23
42,369
3,810
Geekbench 6
3,473
1,215
Geekbench 6
22,539
3,041
Cinebench 2024
142
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Cinebench 2024
2,448
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Blender
808
41
Passmark CPU
4,731
2,246
Passmark CPU
70,009
5,989
Geekbench 5
-
953
Geekbench 5
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3,325