Intel Core i5-6600T vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2037 points

3089 points

51% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3823 points

4905 points

28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1547 points

2545 points

64% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1485 points

2445 points

64% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

64.47 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3083 points

3685 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1165 points

1171 points

0.52% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

2.80 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.3 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

730th of 1,118

546th of 1,118

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600T vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7520U performs better than the Core i5-6600T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 7520U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600T. Also, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Core i5-6600T thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-6600T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.