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Intel i5-6500 4-core 3.2 GHz Socket 1151 65W Desktop Processor AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6-core 3.6 GHz Socket 0 95W Desktop Processor

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CPU ArchitectureCoresThreadsCPU ClockCPU Turbo ClockCacheDDR3DDR4Memory BandwidthMaximum MemoryGenerationSocketThermal Design Power
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CPU Architecture The smaller CPU, the better performance

14 nm

14 nm

Cores The more Cores, the more tasks CPU can perform at the same time

4

6

Threads Threads are not physical cores, but they help with multitasking

4

12

CPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions CPU can execute per second

3.2 GHz

11% higher

3.6 GHz

CPU Turbo Clock CPU turbo clock helps to squeeze more performance by increasing base clock

3.6 GHz

10% higher

4 GHz

Cache CPU stores copies of the frequently used data to the cache for faster execution

6 MB

16 MB

DDR3 Type of memory CPU supports

Yes

No

DDR4 Type of memory CPU supports

Yes

Yes

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data is transfered between CPU and RAM

34.1 GB/s

15% faster

40 GB/s

Maximum Memory The maximum amount of memory CPU can support

64 GB

64 GB

Generation

6

0

Socket

1151

0

Thermal Design Power Typical power consumption of the Central Processing Unit
32% lower

65 Watts

95 Watts

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6-core 3.6 GHz Socket 0 95W Desktop Processor
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PROS 6
Cores 6 vs 4 (2) 33% more physical cores
Threads 12 vs 4 (8) 67% more logical cores
CPU Clock 3.6 GHz vs 3.2 GHz Clock speed is (0.4GHz) 11% higher
CPU Turbo Clock 4 GHz vs 3.6 GHz Turbo clock speed is (0.4GHz) 10% higher
Cache 16 MB vs 6 MB (10MB) 63% bigger processor cache memory
Memory Bandwidth 40 GB/s vs 34.1 GB/s Memory bandwidth is (5.9GB/s) 15% faster
CONS 1
Thermal Design Power 95 Watts vs 65 Watts Power consumption is (30Watts) 32% higher
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Intel i5-6500 4-core 3.2 GHz Socket 1151 65W Desktop Processor
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