AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Intel Core i5 6500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 6500 with 4 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 6500 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +31%

1269

Intel Core i5 6500

966

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +170%

9245

Intel Core i5 6500

3420

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +148%

1640

Intel Core i5 6500

661

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +239%

7084

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +229%

155

Intel Core i5 6500

47

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +37%

1240

Intel Core i5 6500

900

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +127%

7078

Intel Core i5 6500

3118

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +21%

2565

Intel Core i5 6500

2116

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +216%

17685

Intel Core i5 6500

5591

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5 6500

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6500

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

4

12

Performance Core Threads

4

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

36x

Multiplier

32x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6500

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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