Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6500 with 4 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 6500 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 1 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

967

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +72%

1670

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

3436

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +541%

22046

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

661

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +238%

2235

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +502%

12589

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

900

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +82%

1639

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

3118

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +349%

14023

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

2116

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +63%

3470

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

5591

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +601%

39196

Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Oct 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

i5-6500

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.15 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

105 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

90°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

12

4

Performance Core Threads

24

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

4

Total Thread Count

24

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6500

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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