Intel Core i5-6500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2289 points

3172 points

38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

4936 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

2640 points

51% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

2535 points

51% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

3447 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

911 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

3602 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1144 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

16 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd of 1,089

515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 is faster than the Core i5-6500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6500. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.