Intel Core i7 6500U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6500U with 2 cores 2.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 5900H with 8 cores 3.3GHz . 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
Lower TDP (15W vs 45W)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (68.27GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 4MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
719
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+103%
1466
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
2072
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+518%
12815
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
1027
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+98%
2034
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
2074
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+255%
7376
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
742
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+105%
1528
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
1655
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+431%
8790
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
1695
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+95%
3308
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i7 6500U
3261
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
+536%
20753
General Parameters
Sep 2015
Release Date
Apr 2021
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Skylake
Core Architecture
Cezanne
i7-6500U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1356
Socket
FP6
HD Graphics 520
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 8
Package
1.7 billions
Transistor Count
-
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
15 W
Power Consumption
45 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
2
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
33x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
32 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
34.1 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
68.27 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1750 MHz
-
Shader Units
512
-
Texture Units
32
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Power Consumption
15 W
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
12
PCIe Lanes
16
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
