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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i5-6500

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Rank 2 - 74 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Rank 2 - 9 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

74 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

56 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

3,302 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

222 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,284 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

923 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

64,355 pts

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,097 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,639

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,186

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

15,832

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,305

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

495 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

354 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,219

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

902

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

24,763 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,299 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

34,670

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

2,956

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

1,087

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

28.9 s

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

642.1 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 2.90 GHz

26,731

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,453

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

200 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

153 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

10,542 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

565 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-6500
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Skylake S
Technology	7 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 1151
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Successor		Intel Core i5-7500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-6500
CPU Cores / Threads	64 / 128	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	64x	4x
Frequency:	2.90 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.20 GHz	3.40 GHz
L2-Cache	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	256.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-6500
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-6500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-6500
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 64	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-6500
TDP	280 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-6500
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2020	Q3/2015
Release price	3990 $	250 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X is 4.6 stars (12 ratings), while Intel Core i5-6500 has received 4.1 stars (108 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 2.90 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★