AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5 6500

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz 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 2600 's Advantages

Released 3 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)

Intel Core i5 6500 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +4%

1014

Intel Core i5 6500

967

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +107%

7128

Intel Core i5 6500

3436

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +77%

1170

Intel Core i5 6500

661

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +116%

4526

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +117%

122

Intel Core i5 6500

56

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +14%

1029

Intel Core i5 6500

900

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +80%

5638

Intel Core i5 6500

3118

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +5%

2242

Intel Core i5 6500

2116

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 +134%

13124

Intel Core i5 6500

5591

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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Intel Core i5 6500

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Sep 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i5-6500

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

4

12

Performance Core Threads

4

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

34x

Multiplier

32x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 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 2600

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6500

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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