AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5-6500T

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2740 points

61% significantly better overall score

1700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

56% significantly better gaming score

3223 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

62% significantly better multitasking score

1288 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

62% significantly better heavy workload score

1236 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

45.50 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2781 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1003 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2827 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1042 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

775th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i5-6500T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300X performs better than the Core i5-6500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 2300X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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