AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 109.99
$ 65.65 significantly less expensive
$ 175.64

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3189 points
15% slightly better overall score
2754 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4881 points
5105 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2673 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
2098 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2565 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
2013 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3483 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2595 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.91 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
55.62 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3218 points
3989 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1031 points
1400 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3230 points
4043 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1037 points
1429 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
Identical
3.9 GHz

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

2
Identical
2

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

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

512th of 1,089
578th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 December
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2400G vs Core i5-6600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2400G beats the Core i5-6600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2400G 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600K. Despite this, the Core i5-6600K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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