Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6500 with 4 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 with 12 cores 3GHz . 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
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 3GHz)
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 6500
1197
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945
+83%
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 6500
3264
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945
+164%
8648
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Apr 2022
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Skylake
Core Architecture
Vermeer
i5-6500
Processor Number
-
LGA-1151
Socket
AMD Socket AM4
HD Graphics 530
Integrated Graphics
N/A
-
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
-
Transistor Count
8.3 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
2x74 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
12 nm
-
I/O Die Size
125 mm²
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
-
4
Performance Core Threads
-
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4
Total Core Count
12
4
Total Thread Count
24
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32x
Multiplier
30.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
64 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
34.1 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4
16
PCIe Lanes
20
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
