AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-6500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 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

6140 points
261% significantly better overall score
1700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
157% significantly better gaming score
3223 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
322% significantly better multitasking score
1288 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
326% significantly better heavy workload score
1236 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
222% significantly higher Blender score
45.50 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
172% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2781 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1003 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
171% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2827 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1042 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
41% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
775th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 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
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i5-6500T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Core i5-6500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6500T. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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