AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-6500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 219.80
$ 103.63
$ 116.17 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
243% significantly better overall score
2289 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
122% significantly better gaming score
4255 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
320% significantly better multitasking score
1743 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
327% significantly better heavy workload score
1675 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
261% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2113 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
383% significantly higher Blender score
44.07 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
219% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3159 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1147 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
210% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3287 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1202 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
30% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
663rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-6500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Core i5-6500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6500. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a 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 7 5800X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6500. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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