AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-6600K

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 1151
Foundry TSMC Intel
Process size 7 nm 14 nm
Transistors 3,800 million unknown
Die size 74 mm² unknown
Package µOPGA-1331 FC-LGA12C
tCaseMax 95°C 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.2 GHz up to 3.9 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 35.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes Yes
TDP 65 W 95 W
FP32 1,209.6 GFLOPS

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active unknown
Release date Jul 7th, 2019 Jul 2nd, 2015
Codename Matisse Skylake
Generation Ryzen 5 Core i5
Part 100-000000031 SR2BV
Memory support DDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel DDR4-2133 MHz Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 4 Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 32MB (shared) 6MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost 2 Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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