AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-6500

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i5-6500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1500X beats the Core i5-6500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500. Also, the Ryzen 5 1500X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 1500X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-6500. The Ryzen 5 1500X 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 Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.