AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 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

2822 points

65% significantly better overall score

1700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points

36% slightly better gaming score

3223 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points

82% significantly better multitasking score

1288 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points

82% significantly better heavy workload score

1236 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

45.50 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2781 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points

1003 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2827 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points

1042 points

10% 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

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

35 W

Identical

35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

566th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i5-6500T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3550H beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3550H 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.

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 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.