Intel Core i5-6600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 98.99
$ 400.01 significantly less expensive
$ 499.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2507 points
5333 points
112% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points
7406 points
59% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1909 points
4663 points
144% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1831 points
4507 points
146% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3406 points
6809 points
99% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points
127.97 points
167% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3416 points
6221 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1249 points
1526 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points
6107 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
1564 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.70 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.2 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

626th of 1,089
308th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-6600 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G is faster than the Core i5-6600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6600. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600. The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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