AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i5 6500
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Skylake
Processor Number
9950X3D2
i5-6500
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM5
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
200 W
65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
270 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
32
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
43
32x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
192 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
-
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
128
-
Texture Units
8
-
Raster Operation Units
4
-
Execution Units
2
-
Power Consumption
15
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
3,551
1,197
Geekbench 6
24,343
3,264
Cinebench R23
-
966
Cinebench R23
-
3,420
Geekbench 5
-
900
Geekbench 5
-
3,118
Blender
-
53
Passmark CPU
-
2,116
Passmark CPU
-
5,591