AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i5 6500
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen+
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
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i5-6500
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
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Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTR4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
250 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
4
Performance Core Threads
48
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
24
4
Total Thread Count
48
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
30x
32x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
60
16
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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1050 MHz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,159
966
Cinebench R23
26,292
3,420
Geekbench 6
1,297
1,197
Geekbench 5
1,064
900
Geekbench 6
8,391
3,264
Geekbench 5
11,876
3,118
Passmark CPU
2,319
2,116
Passmark CPU
29,986
5,591
Blender
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53
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.