Core Ultra 7 165U vs Ryzen 5 6600U

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	647	603
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	Intel Meteor Lake-U
Architecture codename	Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+)	Meteor Lake-P
Release date	January 2022 (2 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	12	14
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.9 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	6 nm	7 nm
Die size	208 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FP7	FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5, DDR5	DDR5, DDR5, DDR5
Maximum memory size	no data	96 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon 660M	Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	2.0 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDP	no data	3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Core Ultra 7 165U.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	20
PCI support	no data	4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core Ultra 7 165U outperforms Ryzen 5 6600U by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	10.76	11.62
Physical cores	6	12
Threads	12	14
Chip lithography	6 nm	7 nm

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