AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D vs Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Intel Core i5 6500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D with 6 cores 3.0GHz 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 5500X3D 's Advantages

Released 9 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

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

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 6500 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D +35%

1311

Intel Core i5 6500

966

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D +194%

10086

Intel Core i5 6500

3420

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

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Intel Core i5 6500

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6500

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

4

-

Performance Core Threads

4

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

30

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

96 MB

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

-

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 5500X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6500

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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