Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 170
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Processor Number
i5-6600K
-
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 680M
Generation
-
Ryzen 7 (Zen 3+ (Rembrandt))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FP7
Power Consumption
91 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
210 mm²
Package
-
FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
4.75 GHz
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
4
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-4800,LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
400 MHz
Shader Units
-
768
Texture Units
-
48
Raster Operation Units
-
32
Execution Units
-
12
Power Consumption
-
15
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,040
-
Cinebench R23
3,963
-
Geekbench 6
1,486
2,044
Geekbench 6
4,406
10,120
Blender
63
-
Passmark CPU
2,327
3,030
Passmark CPU
6,329
21,830
Cinebench 2024
-
86
Cinebench 2024
-
720