AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 vs Intel Core i7-2600K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546		Intel Core i7-2600K
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 or Intel Core i7-2600K - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.95 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 was released in Q4/2020. The Intel Core i7-2600K has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-2600K was released in Q1/2011.

AMD Ryzen Embedded V (16)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 (4)	CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
2	Generation	2
Grey Hawk (Zen 2)	Architecture	Sandy Bridge S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 is 3.00 GHz (3.95 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-2600K has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-2600K is at 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz).
AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2600K
6	Cores	4
12	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.00 GHz	Frequency	3.40 GHz
3.95 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.80 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2600K
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 or Intel Core i7-2600K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 3000
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.85 GHz
1.50 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.35 GHz
9	GPU Generation	6
7 nm	Technology	32 nm
3	Max. displays	2
6	Compute units	12
384	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	10.1

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 3000
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-2600K supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2600K
LPDDR4X-3200, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
64 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	1.00 MB
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	2.0
20	PCIe lanes	16
19.7 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 is 45 W, while the Intel Core i7-2600K has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2600K
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
35 W	TDP up	--
54 W	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 11.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-2600K is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 9.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2600K
7 nm	Technology	32 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
FP6	Socket	LGA 1155
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2020	Release date	Q1/2011
--	Release price	270 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 (100%)

Intel Core i7-2600K (70%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 (100%)

Intel Core i7-2600K (41%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.95 GHz	1156 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	808 (70%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	7647 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	3098 (41%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz	1152 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.35 GHz	259 (23%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.95 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	707 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	2457 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.95 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	263 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1865 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	5488 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	741.6 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	365 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1690 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.95 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	128 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2600K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	612 (100%)

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