AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Intel Core i5 6500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X with 64 cores 2.9GHz 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 Threadripper 3990X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 6MB)

Intel Core i5 6500 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +30%

1262

Intel Core i5 6500

967

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +2102%

75671

Intel Core i5 6500

3436

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +72%

1138

Intel Core i5 6500

661

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +436%

11211

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +40%

1265

Intel Core i5 6500

900

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +780%

27453

Intel Core i5 6500

3118

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +21%

2564

Intel Core i5 6500

2116

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +1336%

80316

Intel Core i5 6500

5591

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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Intel Core i5 6500

General Parameters

Jan 2020

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6500

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

19.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1151

280 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

64

Performance Cores

4

128

Performance Core Threads

4

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

64

Total Core Count

4

128

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

29x

Multiplier

32x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

256 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

95.37 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 Threadripper 3990X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6500

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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