Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6500 with 4 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8500G with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)

Lower TDP (45W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

967

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +86%

1803

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

3436

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +235%

11521

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

661

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +304%

2674

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G +404%

10544

Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jan 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

i5-6500

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

-

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

65 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

35x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

6 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

4

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6500

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

14

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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