Intel Core i5-6500T vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

Last updated: 2024-03-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-6500T		AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-6500T or AMD Athlon Silver 3050e - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i5-6500T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6500T was released in Q3/2015. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e was released in Q1/2020.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Core i 6000 (24)	CPU group	AMD Athlon Silver 3000 (3)
6	Generation	4
Skylake S	Architecture	Dali (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i5-7500T	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-6500T is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz). The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz (2.80 GHz).
Intel Core i5-6500T	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.50 GHz	Frequency	1.40 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.80 GHz
2.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	1.80 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 i5-6500T	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics 530	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	1.00 GHz
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	8
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
24	Compute units	3
192	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 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 RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
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 / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-6500T supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-6500T	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
DDR4-2133, DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2400
64 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	1.00 MB
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	8
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	7.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-6500T has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is 6 W.
Intel Core i5-6500T	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	6 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i5-6500T has a 6.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e cache has a total of 5.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-6500T	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151	Socket	FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems
Q3/2015	Release date	Q1/2020
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-6500T (100%)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e (81%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-6500T (100%)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e (58%)

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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	785 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	701 (89%)

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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2449 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1463 (60%)

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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1056 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	758 (72%)

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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3068 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1494 (49%)

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 i5-6500T Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz	384 (87%)

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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	4764 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	3032 (64%)

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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	809 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2796 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 1.80 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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	132 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 2.80 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 i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	464 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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