AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-6600K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X performs better than the Core i5-6600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-6600K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6600K outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a 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 7 5800X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600K. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.