AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core i5 6600
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2025
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 890M
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
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i5-6600
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
FP8
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
15-35 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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Transistor Count
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1.75 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
3
4
Performance Core Threads
6
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
3.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
5
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Efficiency Core Threads
10
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
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Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
20
33x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
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64 GB
Max Memory Channels
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2
Max Memory Bandwidth
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34.1 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
1150 MHz
Shader Units
1024
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Texture Units
64
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Raster Operation Units
40
—
Execution Units
16
—
Power Consumption
15
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
16
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,953
1,042
Cinebench R23
14,572
3,810
Geekbench 6
2,753
1,215
Geekbench 6
11,860
3,041
Cinebench 2024
113
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Cinebench 2024
791
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Passmark CPU
4,074
2,246
Passmark CPU
24,157
5,989
Geekbench 5
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953
Geekbench 5
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3,325
Blender
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41
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.