Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-6500
Both Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-6500 have an identical monothread performance besides their multithread performance are pretty similar. These two models were released four years apart which doesn't explain their performance similarity in monothread performance so we should check if they belong to the same range.
Comparison
Specs
Ryzen 5 3500U
Core i5-6500
Base frequency
2100 MHz
3200 MHz
Boost frequency
3700 MHz
3600 MHz
Half load boost frequency
-
3500 MHz
Socket
BGA-FP5
LGA 1151
Cores
4
4
Threads
8
4
TDP
15 W
65 W
L1 cache
4x64+6x32 kb
32+32 kb
L2 cache
4x512 kb
256 kb
L3 cache
4096 kb
6144 kb
Proccess
0,012 um
0,014 um
Core
Picasso
-
Architecture
Zen+
Skylake
Release date
1/2019
9/2015
Monothread performance
Mode 0 [FPU]
30452
30937 [+1.59%]
Mode III [AVX2]
46681
N/A
Mode II [AVX]
N/A
48007 [+100%]
Mode I [SSE3]
44256
N/A
Multithread performance
Mode 0 [FPU]
107698
88943 [-21.09%]
Mode III [AVX2]
170099
N/A
Mode II [AVX]
N/A
147805 [+100%]
Mode I [SSE3]
161299
N/A
Stats
Perf per MHz Mode 0
8.23
8.59 [+4.37%]
Perf per MHz Mode III
12.62
N/A
Perf per watt Mode 0
7179.87
1368.35 [-424.71%]
Perf per watt Mode III
11339.93
N/A
Overclocking
The best frequency
-
4032 MHz
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