AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i7-6700K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600X performs better than the Core i7-6700K. Despite this, the Core i7-6700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700K. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.