Intel Core i7-6700T vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Core i7-6700T vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Core i7-6700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-6700T that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700T. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700T. The Ryzen 5 5500 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. Indeed, the Core i7-6700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.