Intel Core i5 6600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
i5-6600
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 780M
Generation
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Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
25 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FP8
Power Consumption
65 W
35-54 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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100°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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178 mm²
Package
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FP8, FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
4.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
4
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
33x
40x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
64 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
Shader Units
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768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
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32
Execution Units
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12
Power Consumption
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15 W
Max Resolution
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7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,042
1,803
Cinebench R23
3,810
17,035
Geekbench 6
1,215
2,616
Geekbench 5
953
1,965
Geekbench 6
3,041
13,316
Geekbench 5
3,325
12,368
Blender
41
265
Passmark CPU
2,246
3,864
Passmark CPU
5,989
29,458
Cinebench 2024
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106
Cinebench 2024
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975
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.