AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-6500

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-6500

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 23.64 slightly less expensive

$ 103.63

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

0.13% slightly better overall score

2289 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

4255 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

0.57% slightly better multitasking score

1743 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

0.48% slightly better heavy workload score

1675 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2718 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2113 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

44.07 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

3159 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

1147 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

3287 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

1202 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% 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

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

663rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i5-6500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6500 beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Core i5-6500 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-6500. The Ryzen 3 1200 also has slightly 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 Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.