Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Rembrandt
Processor Number
i5-6500
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon 680M
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
FP7
Power Consumption
65 W
45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
4
16
Multiplier
32x
33x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
64 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
2400 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
2000 MHz
Shader Units
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768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
32
Execution Units
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12
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
966
1,669
Cinebench R23
3,420
14,711
Geekbench 6
1,197
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Geekbench 5
900
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Geekbench 6
3,264
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Geekbench 5
3,118
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Blender
53
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Passmark CPU
2,116
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Passmark CPU
5,591
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.