Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 Ryzen™ 5 1600X |
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First seen on April, 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 Ryzen™ 5 1600X
- 3.6 GHz
- Hexa core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the AMD Ryzen 5 Ryzen™ 5 1600X
 | Much more l2 cache 3 MB | | More l3 cache 16 MB |
| | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 95 °C | | Much more l3 cache per core 2.67 MB/core |
by www.tweaktown.com (Jun, 2017)The Ryzen 5 CPUs are excellent competitors for Intel's i5 series, and the Ryzen R5 1600 and Ryzen R5 1400 are excellent value buys.
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Intel Core i5 6600K vs the AMD Ryzen 5 Ryzen™ 5 1600X. | |||||||
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| Much more l2 cache | 3 MB | vs | 1 MB | 3x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
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| More l3 cache | 16 MB | vs | 6 MB | Around 2.8x more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 95 °C | vs | 64 °C | Around 50% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Much more l3 cache per core | 2.67 MB/core | vs | 1.5 MB/core | Around 80% more l3 cache per core | |||
| More threads | 12 | vs | 4 | Three times as many threads | |||
| More l2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| More cores | 6 | vs | 4 | 2 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
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Features Key features of the Core i5 6600K vs Ryzen 5 Ryzen™ 5 1600X
clock speed
turbo clock speed
L2 cache
L3 cache
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 6600K | vs | Ryzen 5 Ryzen™ 5 1600X |
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| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 4 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Hexa core | |
| Is unlocked | Yes | Yes | |
features | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
details | Core i5 6600K | vs | Ryzen 5 Ryzen™ 5 1600X |
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| Threads | 4 | 12 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 16 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 2.67 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 14 nm | 14 nm | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 64°C | Unknown - 95°C | |
power consumption | |||
| Typical power consumption | 73.94W | N/A | |
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