Intel Core i7 6700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Jan 2021
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Lucienne
Processor Number
i7-6700K
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon RX Vega 7
Package
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FP6
Power Consumption
91 W
10-25 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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105 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
40
21x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Max Memory Size
64 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
1800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
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300 MHz
Shader Units
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448
Texture Units
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28
Raster Operation Units
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7
Power Consumption
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10-45 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
12
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,129
1,168
Cinebench R23
5,646
7,059
Geekbench 6
1,512
1,445
Geekbench 5
1,087
1,106
Geekbench 6
5,068
5,919
Geekbench 5
4,271
4,917
Blender
107
95
Passmark CPU
2,503
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Passmark CPU
8,928
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.