Intel Core i7-6600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 2749.00
$ 74.99
$ 2674.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1166 points
5930 points
408% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2340 points
7967 points
240% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

858 points
5266 points
513% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

820 points
5101 points
522% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.09 points
141.88 points
514% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
6
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.2 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

908th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-6600U vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the Core i7-6600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6600U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6600U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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