AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs Intel Pentium E6800

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and Intel Pentium E6800 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

Intel Pentium E6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
Around 8% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.33 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 45 nm

Number of cores	6 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.33 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 45 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E6800

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	Intel Pentium E6800
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3343
PassMark - Single thread mark		1301
PassMark - CPU mark		1164
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		408
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		690

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	Intel Pentium E6800
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Wolfdale
Launch date	Q1'2020	August 2010
OPN Tray	YD1600BBAFBOX
Place in performance rating	2453	2448
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$831
Price now		$49.99
Processor Number		E6800
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		11.65
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.33 GHz
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	3.33 GHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of threads	12
64 bit support
Bus Speed		1066 MHz FSB
Die size		82 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		2048 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		74.1°C
Transistor count		228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm X 37.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)