Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Opteron 150 |
Released July, 2015
Intel Core i5 6600K
- 3.5 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 6600K
 | Much newer manufacturing process 14 nm | | Significantly higher clock speed 3.5 GHz |
| | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 2,148 | | Much better PassMark score 8,012 |
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Released August, 2005
AMD Opteron 150
- 2.4 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 150
| | Much lower typical power consumption 2.44W | | Much better performance per watt 17.67 pt/W |
| | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core | | Much lower annual home energy cost 0.72 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 14 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 3.5 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | More than 45% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 2,148 | vs | 725 | Around 3x better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Much better PassMark score | 8,012 | vs | 604 | More than 13.2x better PassMark score | |||
| Newer | Jul, 2015 | vs | Aug, 2005 | Release date over 10 years later | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.54 GHz | vs | 3.03 GHz | 50% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more threads | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.57 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | More than 90% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 2.44W | vs | 73.94W | 30.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much better performance per watt | 17.67 pt/W | vs | 2.45 pt/W | Around 7.2x better performance per watt | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 0.72 $/year | vs | 21.92 $/year | 30.3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 2.63 $/year | vs | 79.72 $/year | 30.3x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Higher Maximum operating temperature | 71 °C | vs | 64 °C | More than 10% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 6600K vs Opteron 150
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 6600K | vs | Opteron 150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Single core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Core i5 6600K | vs | Opteron 150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 4 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 14 nm | 90 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 64°C | 0 - 71°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.54 GHz | 3.03 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.57 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.54 GHz | 3.03 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 91W | 3W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 21.92 $/year | 0.72 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 79.72 $/year | 2.63 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.45 pt/W | 17.67 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 73.94W | 2.44W | |
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