Intel Core i5-6500TE vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i5-6500TE vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7520U is faster than the Core i5-6500TE. Despite this, the Core i5-6500TE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 7520U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500TE. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7520U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-6500TE. Despite this, the Core i5-6500TE has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6500TE has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.