AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i5-6500

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    106%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

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

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    105%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

7% higher single threaded performance.
5% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 6% 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 1300XIntel Core i5-6500
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
XFR
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 1300XIntel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsSkylake
Release DateJun 2017vsJul 2015

Cores

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

Cache

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

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XIntel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    14960 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    515
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    141
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better