Intel Core i7-6600U vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 9
• Generation
  6 6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U AMD Ryzen 7000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 4.20 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Execution units
  24 2
• Shader
  192 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Intel Core i7-6600U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6600U and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP up
  25 W --
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 162 W
• TDP down
  7.5 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 89 °C

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  -- 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 128.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake U Raphael (Zen 4)
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 AM5 (LGA 1718)
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2023