Intel Core i7-6600U vs AMD Ryzen 3 3200G. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U AMD Ryzen 3000G
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  6 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 8
• Generation
  9 8
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 1250 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2018
• Shader
  192 512
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 3200G and Intel Core i7-6600U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 DDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  12 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6600U and AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  7.5 W 45 W
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6600U and AMD Ryzen 3 3200G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake U Picasso (Zen+)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2019
• Socket
  BGA 1356 AM4
• Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM