AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Core i5-6500

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1981 points
2289 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points
4255 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points
1743 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points
1675 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2097 points
3159 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points
1147 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2768 points
3287 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

952 points
1202 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.2 GHz
60% significantly 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

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

723rd of 1,089
663rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Core i5-6500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6500 beats the Ryzen 3 2300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2300U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U. Also, the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6500 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 3 2300U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-6500. Despite this, the Core i5-6500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U.

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 Ryzen 3 2300U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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