Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6500 with 4 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16 cores 4.2GHz . 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

Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 's Advantages

Released 7 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 (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 6MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

967

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +111%

2043

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

3436

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +1022%

38581

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

661

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +355%

3012

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

2089

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +870%

20270

Blender

Intel Core i5 6500

56

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +1116%

681

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

900

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +154%

2294

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

3118

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +677%

24247

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 6500

2116

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +96%

4148

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 6500

5591

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +1020%

62623

Intel Core i5 6500

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i5-6500

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM5

65 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

162 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

89°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

16

4

Performance Core Threads

32

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

4

Total Thread Count

32

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

42x

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

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 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

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 6500

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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