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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms Core i5-6600 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 2753 days newer than Core i5-6600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 233% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-6600 - 80 vs 24 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600 - 24 vs 4 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | vs | Intel Core i5-6600 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raphael | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 4 |
24 | Threads | 4 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 7900 or Core i5-6600
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
22 FPS
$107.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$110.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$82.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$50.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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