Intel Core i5-6600K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Core i5-6600K vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX beats the Core i5-6600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i5-6600K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600K. The Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.