AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i5-6500

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
AMD Socket FP6MOBILE
2300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

40 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Skylake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-4266 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRenoirvsSkylake
Release DateJan 2020vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i5-6500
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics 384SPvsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache11MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i5-6500
SocketAMD Socket FP6vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case TempN/Avs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency2300 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP25 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
    4480 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
    15456 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better