Intel Core i7 6500U vs AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen+ (Picasso)
Processor Number
i7-6500U
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Radeon RX Vega 3
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
4.94 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
FP5
Power Consumption
15 W
12-25 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
2
Performance Core Threads
4
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
2
2
Total Thread Count
4
4
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Multiplier
—
26
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR4-2400
Max Memory Size
32 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
38.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
Shader Units
—
192
Texture Units
—
12
Raster Operation Units
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4
Execution Units
—
3
Power Consumption
—
15
Max Resolution
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3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
12
8
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
836
Cinebench R23
2,072
1,972
Geekbench 6
1,027
977
Geekbench 5
742
838
Geekbench 6
2,074
1,702
Geekbench 5
1,655
1,569
Blender
22
18
Passmark CPU
1,695
1,735
Passmark CPU
3,261
3,744
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.