AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-6600T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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 i5-6600T

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 341.01 significantly less expensive

$ 421.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points

63% significantly better overall score

2037 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points

35% slightly better gaming score

3823 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points

79% significantly better multitasking score

1547 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points

79% significantly better heavy workload score

1485 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

46.95 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3085 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points

1154 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3083 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points

1165 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

29% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 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

499th of 1,089

710th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

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 5 1500X vs Core i5-6600T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1500X is faster than the Core i5-6600T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600T. Also, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6600T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1500X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.