AMD Athlon PRO 200GE vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 200GE and Intel Core i5-6600K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

Intel Core i5-6600K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 48% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 64°C
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 91 Watt
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.776 vs 3.973
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 318.22 vs 83.338
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.046 vs 0.497
8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 50.533 vs 6.333

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2018 vs 5 August 2015
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 64°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 91 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.776 vs 3.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	318.22 vs 83.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.046 vs 0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.533 vs 6.333

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-6600K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2327 vs 1736
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6325 vs 3693

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB vs 192 KB
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2327 vs 1736
PassMark - CPU mark	6325 vs 3693

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-6600K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1736

2327

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3693

6325

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

10.776

3.973

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

318.22

83.338

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

1.046

0.497

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

50.533

6.333

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	Intel Core i5-6600K
PassMark - Single thread mark	1736	2327
PassMark - CPU mark	3693	6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.776	3.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	318.22	83.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.046	0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.533	6.333
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1103
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3627
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1883
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6856
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1883
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6856

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	Intel Core i5-6600K
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Skylake
Family	AMD Athlon PRO Processors
Launch date	June 2018	5 August 2015
OPN Tray	YD200BC6M2OFB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1212	1195
Series	AMD Athlon PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$242
Price now		$258.11
Processor Number		i5-6600K
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		9.19
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.50 GHz
Compute Cores	5
Die size	192 mm
L1 cache	192 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	64°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Transistor count	4800 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz	1.15 GHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 530
Device ID		0x1912
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	91 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015D (130W)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA		N / A
Max resolution over WiDi		1080p
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot