AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i5-6500

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jul 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
    214%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
    130%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
    299%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 199% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
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.
Around 114% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

None

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GIntel 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 4600GIntel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRenoirvsSkylake
Release DateJul 2020vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GIntel Core i5-6500
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 7vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GIntel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GIntel Core i5-6500
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GIntel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
    4704 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
    30334 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600G (simulated)
    196.93
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4600G (simulated)
    1619.52
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better