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    AMD Ryzen 3 1300 vs Intel Core i5-6500

    AMD Ryzen 3 1300
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
    AMD Ryzen 3 1300
    Intel Core i5-6500
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
    Intel Core i5-6500

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      107%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      114%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      101%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1300

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

    14% higher single threaded performance.
    Around 7% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i5-6500

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6500

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 3 1300Intel Core i5-6500
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    AES-NI
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    FMA3
    F16C
    BMI1
    BMI2
    vPro
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 3 1300Intel Core i5-6500
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Skylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsSkylake
    Release DateJun 2017vsJul 2015

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 3 1300Intel Core i5-6500
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 3 1300Intel Core i5-6500
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 3 1300Intel Core i5-6500
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 3 1300Intel Core i5-6500
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock3500 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      3850 points
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      4140 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      14080 points
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      14720 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300 (simulated)
      132.43
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      151

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300 (simulated)
      534.86
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      541.5

    points - higher is better

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