Intel Core i5 6500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i5-6500
9900X3D
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AM5
Power Consumption
65 W
120 W
Transistor Count
-
16.63 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
230 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
I/O Die Size
-
122 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
24
Multiplier
32x
43
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
400 MHz
Shader Units
-
128
Texture Units
-
8
Raster Operation Units
-
4
Execution Units
-
2
Power Consumption
-
15
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
966
2,258
Cinebench R23
3,420
34,524
Geekbench 6
1,197
3,351
Geekbench 5
900
-
Geekbench 6
3,264
21,364
Geekbench 5
3,118
-
Blender
53
-
Passmark CPU
2,116
4,651
Passmark CPU
5,591
56,185