Product Compare

Intel Core i7 6500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

	CPU Intel Core i7 6500U	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
General Parameters
Release Date	Sep 2015	Oct 2017
Manufacturer	Intel	AMD
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Skylake	Raven Ridge
Processor Number	i7-6500U
Integrated Graphics	HD Graphics 520	Radeon Vega 8
Package
Transistor Count	1.7 billions	4.9 billions
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1356	FP5
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	2	4
Performance Core Threads	4	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.5 GHz	2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	2	4
Total Thread Count	4	8
L1 Cache	64 K per core	128 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	512 K per core
L3 Cache	4 MB shared	4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Multiplier		20x
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2400
Max Memory Size	32 GB	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	35.76 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1050 MHz	1100 MHz
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
Shader Units		512
Texture Units		32
Raster Operation Units		8
Execution Units		8
Power Consumption		65 W
Max Resolution		3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	12	12
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	719	796
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	2072	2861
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1027	1025
Geekbench 5 Single Core	742	781
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	2074	2649
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	1655	2722
Blender	22	41
Passmark CPU Single Core	1695	1807
Passmark CPU Multi Core	3261	6483