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Core i5-6500T vs Ryzen 5 3600

Core i5-6500T vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Core i5-6500T on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 1466 days newer than Core i5-6500T.

Advantages of Core i5-6500T

  • Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 35 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 6% better in Elden Ring than Core i5-6500T - 124 vs 117 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6500T - 12 vs 4 threads
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i5-6500T Logo
Core i5-6500T

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


FPS

117

94%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

124

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.81/FPS

100%

Price, £

£101.02

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3

Buy for £101.02 on Amazon

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i5-6500T Logo
Core i5-6500T

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-6500T Logo
Core i5-6500T

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


Single-Core

1039

65%

Multi-Core

2843

41%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

Intel Core i5-6500T Logo

Core i5-6500T

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo

Ryzen 5 3600

Jul 2nd, 2015Release Date
Jul 7th, 2019
Core i5CollectionRyzen 5
SkylakeCodenameMatisse
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
6
4Threads
12
2.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
3.1 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
35 W
TDP65 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
25.0xMultiplier
36.0x
HD Graphics 530
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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