Intel Core i5-6500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

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Intel Core i5-6500 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Intel Core i5-6500 AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i5-6500 and the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i5-6500 4 core processor released in Q3/2015 with the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2023.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family AMD Ryzen 7 (67)
Intel Core i 6000 (24) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
6 Generation 6
Skylake S Architecture Phoenix (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-7500 Successor AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6500 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS clocks with 3.80 GHz (5.10 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i5-6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 3.80 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.10 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.25 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i5-6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
-- AI hardware AMD Ryzen AI
-- AI specifications AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics 530 GPU AMD Radeon 780M
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.70 GHz
9 GPU Generation 3
14 nm Technology 4 nm
3 Max. displays 4
24 Compute units 12
192 Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 530 GPU AMD Radeon 780M
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i5-6500, while the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i5-6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DDR4-2133 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
64 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
6.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
16 PCIe lanes 20
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-6500 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS is 54 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i5-6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 54 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 60 W
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6500 has 6.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 4 nm.

Intel Core i5-6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
14 nm Technology 4 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 1151 Socket FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2023
250 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6500 (53%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6500 (23%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
56 (55%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
102 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
222 (26%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
866 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
923 (53%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1757 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3097 (19%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
15930 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
902 (49%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1857 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2956 (26%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
11334 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1186 (48%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2456 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3305 (27%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
12135 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (11%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz
4201 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
5642 (20%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
28412 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
383 (61%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
624 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1453 (22%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
6744 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
354 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1299 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
57 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
642.1 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
153 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
565 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
15,930 CB R23 MC @ 55 W
287 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-6500 AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Unknown Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14
Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16

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