AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i5 6500
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2017
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
-
i5-6500
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
30x
32x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1050 MHz
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
943
966
Cinebench R23
8,046
3,420
Geekbench 6
1,007
1,197
Geekbench 5
953
900
Geekbench 6
4,364
3,264
Geekbench 5
6,212
3,118
Passmark CPU
1,981
2,116
Passmark CPU
14,717
5,591
Blender
-
53