AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i7 6500U
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i7 6500U with 2 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Advantages
Released 5 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 4MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i7 6500U Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Lower TDP (15W vs 25W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+62%
1168
Intel Core i7 6500U
719
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+240%
7059
Intel Core i7 6500U
2072
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+40%
1445
Intel Core i7 6500U
1027
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+185%
5919
Intel Core i7 6500U
2074
Blender
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+331%
95
Intel Core i7 6500U
22
Geekbench 5 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+49%
1106
Intel Core i7 6500U
742
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+197%
4917
Intel Core i7 6500U
1655
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+44%
2453
Intel Core i7 6500U
1695
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
+301%
13092
Intel Core i7 6500U
3261
General Parameters
Jan 2021
Release Date
Sep 2015
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Lucienne
Core Architecture
Skylake
-
Processor Number
i7-6500U
FP6
Socket
BGA-1356
Radeon RX Vega 7
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Package
-
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10-25 W
Power Consumption
15 W
105 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
2
12
Performance Core Threads
4
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
6
Total Core Count
2
12
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
21x
Multiplier
-
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
8 MB shared
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
32 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
51.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
448
Shader Units
-
28
Texture Units
-
7
Raster Operation Units
-
10-45 W
Power Consumption
-
1.108 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
12
PCIe Lanes
12
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
