Compare AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Vs Intel Core i7 6500U

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Should you use AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Intel Core i7 6500U? Well, your search ends here. Find out which Laptop chipset would work best for you. Compare the two models on the basis of their Performance, memory, IGPU and benchmark scores. AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is manufactured by AMD in India whereas Intel Core i7 6500U is manufactured by Intel in India. Base frequency and memory size are the primary matrices to judge the overall speed and performance of the chipset. AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has a Base frequency of 2.1 GHz and 32 GB memory size whereas Intel Core i7 6500U has a base frequency of 2.5 GHz and 32 GB memory.

Check detailed comparison below to compare specification for both models. Don't forget to check out expert opinion as well.

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
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Intel Core i7 6500U
Power
Transistors 4.9 billions1.7 billions
Fabrication process 12 nm14 nm
TDP 12-35 W15 W
Max. temperature 105°C100°C

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  • AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

General
Vendor AMDIntel
Released January 6, 2019September 1, 2015
Type LaptopLaptop
instruction set x86-64x86-64
Codename PicassoSkylake
Socket FP5BGA-1356
Integrated GPU Radeon Vega 8 HD Graphics 520
Performance
Cores 42
Threads 84
Base Frequency 2.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus frequency 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x
L1 Cache 96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared)4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier NoNo
IGPU
Integrated Graphics Radeon Vega 8Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz1050 MHz
Shading Units 512
TMUs 32
ROPs 8
Execution Units 8
TGP 65 W
Max. Resolution 3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Memory
Memory types DDR4-2400DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Memory Size 32 GB32 GB
Max. Memory Channels 22
Max. Memory Bandwidth 35.76 GB/s34.1 GB/s
ECC Support YesNo
Misc
PCI Express Version 3.03.0
PCI Express Lanes 1212
Official page https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-5-3500u#product-specshttps://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/88194/intel-core-i7-6500u-processor-4m-cache-up-to-3-10-ghz.html
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) 758753
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) 27431836
Passmark CPU (Single-Core) 19721693
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) 71023251
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) 807741
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) 27561687
iGPU FLOPS 1.13 TFLOPS

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Detailed Comparison of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7 6500U

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has been announced on January 2019 whereas Intel Core i7 6500U has been announced on September 2015. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:

Passmark Score: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7 6500U

Passmark Score consists of 4 parameters: CPU, GPU, MEM, and UX. The Passmark score measures the performance of the CPU. Passmark score is that measures a processor's single core performance and evaluates multi core performance. The Passmark score value of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is 7102 whereas Passmark score value of Intel Core i7 6500U is 3251.

Memory Comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7 6500U

Coming to the Memory, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has a memory size of 32 GB while Intel Core i7 6500U comes up with 32 GB. Max. Memory Channels used in the first compared laptop chipset is 2 and Max. Memory Channels used in the other laptop chipset 2.

Performance Comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7 6500U

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has 4 cores with 8 threads whereas Intel Core i7 6500U has 2 cores with 8 threads. AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has base frequency of 2.1 GHz whereas Intel Core i7 6500Uhas base frequency of 2.5 GHz.

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Q. Which model has higher Geekbench 5 (multi-core) score - AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Intel Core i7 6500U?

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has higher Geekbench 5 score with total score of 2756 compare to Intel Core i7 6500U with a score of 1687.

Q. Which model has higher Passmark CPU (multi-core) score - AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Intel Core i7 6500U?

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has higher Passmark CPU score with total score of 7102 compare to Intel Core i7 6500U with a score of 3251.

Q. Which model has higher base frequency among AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and Intel Core i7 6500U?

Intel Core i7 6500U has a higher base frequency of 2.5 GHz compared to AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 2.1 GHz base frequency.

Q. AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7 6500U, which model has higher bandwidth?

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 35.76 GB/s bandwidth is better than Intel Core i7 6500U with 34.1 GB/s bandwidth.

Q. Which model has higher number of cores - AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or Intel Core i7 6500U?

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has 4 cores which is higher than Intel Core i7 6500U that has 2 cores.

Q. What are some of the best laptops having - AMD Ryzen 5 3500U in the market?

Best laptops having AMD Ryzen 5 3500U are Asus VivoBook 14 (2020) M415DA-EK512TS Laptop (AMD Ryzen 5/ 8GB/ 512GB SSD/ Win 10), Asus VivoBook 14 (2020) M415DA-EK502TS Laptop (AMD Ryzen 5/ 8GB/ 1TB HHD/ Win 10), Asus VivoBook 15 (2020) M515DA-EJ511T Laptop (AMD Ryzen 5/ 8GB/ 512GB SSD/ Win 10).

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