AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-6500T

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

2357 points
38% slightly better overall score
1700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3808 points
18% slightly better gaming score
3223 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points
49% significantly better multitasking score
1288 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1850 points
49% significantly better heavy workload score
1236 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.23 points
45.50 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2457 points
2781 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

862 points
1003 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2505 points
2827 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

875 points
1042 points
19% 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

2.1 GHz
2.5 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

650th of 1,089
775th 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

2019 January
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-6500T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500U is faster than the Core i5-6500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6500T CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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