AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-6600K

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 95.65 significantly less expensive

$ 175.64

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2754 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

5105 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2098 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

2013 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2595 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

55.62 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

3989 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

1400 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

4043 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1429 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.9 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

40% slightly lower TDP

91 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

578th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-6600K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6600K performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600K. The Ryzen 3 1200 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 Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.