Intel Core i5 6600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Apr 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Skylake
Hawk Point
Processor Number
i5-6600K
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 780M
Generation
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Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AMD Socket FP7
Power Consumption
91 W
35-54 W
Transistor Count
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25 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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178 mm²
Package
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FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4 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
35
40.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
8 MB
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
16 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
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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
120 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2800 MHz
Execution Units
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12
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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16 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,040
1,805
Cinebench R23
3,963
17,376
Geekbench 6
1,486
1,866
Geekbench 6
4,406
7,242
Blender
63
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Passmark CPU
2,327
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Passmark CPU
6,329
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Cinebench 2024
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106
Cinebench 2024
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988
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.