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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
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Intel Core i7 6700 Cpu
Intel Core i7 6700
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Intel Core i7 6700K Cpu
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Intel Core i9 9900K Cpu
Intel Core i9 9900K
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The biggest draw of the Core i7-6700K, Intel's first sixth-generation CPU, isn't the performance. Rather, it's the extra PCIe lanes that come with the supporting Z170 chipset, which may mean storage that's as fast as the processor.Read more
Another quad-core chip? Yup, but this one's a bit differentRead more
While it may not have been apparent due to their dominance in the x86 processor market, Intel has been facing some unique challenges as of late. Their definitive tick / tock cadence of process technology shrinks followed by base architectural changes has been slowing down. 22nm architectures...Read more
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General

Processor socketAM4LGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.4 GHz3.4 GHz4.0 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed3.9 GHz4.0 GHz4.2 GHz5.0 GHz
Number of cores6448
Number of threads128816
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W91.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMI3DMI2DMI3
Idle states
N/A
yesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyesyes
TypeNot availableIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 530Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
12.012.012.0

Memory

Cache16 MB8 MB8 MB16 MB
Cache typeL3Smart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2933.0 MHz
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 1866
  • 2133
  • 1600
  • 2133
2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
34.1 GB/s34.2 GB/s41.6 GB/s

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