AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i7-6700T

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i7-6700T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Core i7-6700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-6700T has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700T. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700T. The Ryzen 5 5600G also has significantly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.