| Attribute |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X × | 
Intel Core i7-6700 × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | AMD | Intel |
| Series | AMD Ryzen | Intel Core i7 |
| Model | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | Intel Core i7-6700 |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| CPU Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | + |
| Overclocking | + | - |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 4.2 | 4 |
| Turbo (4 Cores) (GHz) | - | 3.7 |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | 4 | - |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | No | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | No | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | Decode |
| VP8 | No | Decode / Encode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | No | Decode |
| VP9 | No | Decode |
| AVC | No | Decode / Encode |
| Internal Graphics | | |
| GPU name | - | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | - | 0.35 |
| GPU (Turbo) (GHz) | - | 1.15 |
| Generation | - | 9 |
| DirectX Version | - | 12 |
| Execution units | - | 24 |
| Shader | - | 192 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | - | 64 |
| Max. displays | - | 3 |
| GPU Release date (year) | - | 2015 |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 64 | 64 |
| PCIe lanes | 20 | 16 |
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ECC | + | - |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2018 | 2015 |
| Technology (Nm) | 12 | 14 |
| Socket | AM4 | LGA 1151 |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 16 | 8 |
| Architecture | Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge) | Skylake |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| Temp junction max (°C) | 95 | - |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 95 | 65 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | - | 442 |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 14,360 | 10,212 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1,052 | 983 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 5,782 | 3,801 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 176 | 171 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 1,380 | 816 |
| Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) | 421 | 406 |
| Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) | 3,048 | 1,774 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 2.08 | 2.08 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 14.4 | 9.12 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 4,823 | 4,519 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 22,745 | 15,655 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL) | - | 41.4 |
| Blender 2.81 (bmw27) | 278.4 | 409.7 |
| Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) | 1,074 | 1,071 |
| Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) | 7,514 | 4,921 |