AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5 6500
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2022
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Vermeer
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
—
i5-6500
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
12
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
6
4
Total Thread Count
12
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
35x
32x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
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No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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1050 MHz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,487
966
Cinebench R23
11,040
3,420
Geekbench 6
1,995
1,197
Geekbench 5
1,526
900
Geekbench 6
8,477
3,264
Geekbench 5
7,642
3,118
Cinebench 2024
85
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Cinebench 2024
642
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Blender
184
53
Passmark CPU
3,247
2,116
Passmark CPU
21,382
5,591
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.