Intel Core i7 6500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6500U with 2 cores 2.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with 4 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i7 6500U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.0GHz)
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (2400 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (35.76GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
719
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+10%
796
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
2072
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+38%
2861
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
1027
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
1025
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
2074
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+27%
2649
Blender
Intel Core i7 6500U
22
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+86%
41
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
742
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+5%
781
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
1655
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+64%
2722
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
1695
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+6%
1807
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
3261
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
+98%
6483
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Oct 2017
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Skylake
Core Architecture
Raven Ridge
i7-6500U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1356
Socket
FP5
HD Graphics 520
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Vega 8
Package
1.7 billions
Transistor Count
4.9 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
15 W
Power Consumption
15 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
8
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
2
Total Core Count
4
4
Total Thread Count
8
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
20x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
128 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB shared
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Memory Types
DDR4-2400
32 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
34.1 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
35.76 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1100 MHz
-
Shader Units
512
-
Texture Units
32
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
8
-
Power Consumption
65 W
-
Max Resolution
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
1.13 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
12
PCIe Lanes
12
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
