AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE vs Intel Core i5-6500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

3354 points
46% significantly better overall score
2289 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5297 points
24% slightly better gaming score
4255 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2767 points
58% significantly better multitasking score
1743 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2656 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score
1675 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
Identical
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% 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

497th of 1,089
663rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2400GE vs Core i5-6500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6500 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2400GE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2400GE in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 2400GE has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 2400GE and Core i5-6500 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2400GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2400GE 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 5 2400GE has more L2 cache than the Core i5-6500. Despite this, the Core i5-6500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2400GE.

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 2400GE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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