Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 6500 with 4 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X with 8 cores 4.5GHz . 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 105W)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 6500
966
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
+103%
1970
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 6500
3420
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
+559%
22550
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Core i5 6500
900
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
+133%
2097
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 6500
3118
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
+418%
16163
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
-
-
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14 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
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-
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65 W
Power Consumption
105 W
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-
-
-
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32x
Multiplier
45
-
-
-
64 K per core
L1 Cache
-
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
40 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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
-
No
ECC Memory Support
-
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
-
Shader Units
128
-
Texture Units
8
-
Raster Operation Units
4
-
Execution Units
2
-
Power Consumption
15
-
-
-
-
Graphics Performance
0.6 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
-
-
-
-
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5.0
16
PCIe Lanes
28
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
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