Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6500 with 4 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 1300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz . 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

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (39.74GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 6MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500 +2%

967

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

940

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

3436

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

3464

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

661

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X +59%

1055

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X +52%

3185

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

900

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

900

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500 +1%

3118

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

3060

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

2116

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

2099

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

5591

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X +23%

6910

Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jul 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen

i5-6500

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

Total Thread Count

4

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

34x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

39.74 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 3 1300X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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