AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Intel Core i5 6500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz 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 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 7 years late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 6500 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +110%

2033

Intel Core i5 6500

966

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +755%

29242

Intel Core i5 6500

3420

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +345%

2942

Intel Core i5 6500

661

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +813%

19092

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +763%

406

Intel Core i5 6500

47

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +153%

2277

Intel Core i5 6500

900

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +557%

20503

Intel Core i5 6500

3118

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +104%

4317

Intel Core i5 6500

2116

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +830%

52013

Intel Core i5 6500

5591

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i5 6500

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6500

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

4

24

Performance Core Threads

4

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

47x

Multiplier

32x

-

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6500

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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