Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Jul 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Matisse
Processor Number
i7-6700K
-
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
N/A
Package
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AM4
Power Consumption
91 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
40
36x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,129
1,269
Cinebench R23
5,646
9,245
Geekbench 6
1,512
1,640
Geekbench 5
1,087
1,240
Geekbench 6
5,068
7,084
Geekbench 5
4,271
7,078
Blender
107
155
Passmark CPU
2,503
2,565
Passmark CPU
8,928
17,685