AMD Ryzen 7 4700U vs Intel Core i5-6600K

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
AMD Socket FP6MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6600K

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

70 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6600K

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 4700UIntel Core i5-6600K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 4700UIntel Core i5-6600K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Skylake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-4266 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRenoirvsSkylake
Release DateJan 2020vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 4700UIntel Core i5-6600K
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics 448SPvsHD Graphics 530

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 4700UIntel Core i5-6600K
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache12MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 4700UIntel Core i5-6600K
SocketAMD Socket FP6vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case TempN/Avs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 4700UIntel Core i5-6600K
Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP25 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
    4704 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4485 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
    16128 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    16100 points

Points - higher is better