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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6600 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6600 is 649 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Performs up to 8% better in League of Legends than Ryzen 5 1600X - 148 vs 137 FPS
- Up to 37% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1600X - $79.0 vs $125.0
- Up to 42% better value when playing League of Legends than Ryzen 5 1600X - $0.53 vs $0.91 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600 - 12 vs 4 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
148
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.53/FPS
100%
Price, $
$79
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Ryzen 5 1600X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Apr 11th, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
UHD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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