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| 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 |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 6600K vs Opteron 150
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Core i5 6600K
8,012
Opteron 150
604
PassMark (Single Core)
Core i5 6600K
2,148
Opteron 150
725
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 6600K | vs | Opteron 150 |
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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 |
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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 |
Intel Core i5 6600K ![]() | AMD Opteron 150 ![]() |
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