Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Apr 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number
i5-6600K
-
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 610M
Generation
-
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FL1
Power Consumption
91 W
55 W
Transistor Count
-
13.14 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
75 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
I/O Die Size
-
122 mm²
Package
-
µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
4
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
5.4 GHz
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
4
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35
24
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2200 MHz
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,040
2,001
Cinebench R23
3,963
34,973
Geekbench 6
1,486
2,766
Geekbench 6
4,406
16,747
Blender
63
-
Passmark CPU
2,327
4,035
Passmark CPU
6,329
55,980
Cinebench 2024
-
113
Cinebench 2024
-
1,719