AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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

1996 points
2031 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points
3776 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
1545 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
1483 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points
2515 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
783 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points
2800 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
1078 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2 GHz
2.30 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

718th of 1,089
711th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October
2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i5-6500TE comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6500TE beats the Ryzen 5 2500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2500U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6500TE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6500TE CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6500TE. Despite this, the Core i5-6500TE has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U.

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 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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