Intel Core m5-6Y57 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core m5-6Y57 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
Intel Core m5-6Y57 AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

CPU comparison

Intel Core m5-6Y57 or AMD Ryzen 5 8500G - 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 m5-6Y57 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m5-6Y57 was released in Q3/2015.

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G was released in Q1/2024.
Intel Core M (16) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (86)
Intel Core M 6 (4) CPU group AMD Ryzen 8000G (14)
6 Generation 6
Skylake Y Architecture Phoenix (Zen 4)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core m5-6Y57 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core m5-6Y57 is 1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is at 4.10 GHz (5.00 GHz).

Intel Core m5-6Y57 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
2 Cores 6
4 Threads 12
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz) A-Core 4.10 GHz (5.00 GHz)
2x Zen 4
-- B-Core 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz)
4x Zen 4c

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Core m5-6Y57 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core m5-6Y57 or AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics 515 GPU AMD Radeon 740M
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.80 GHz
9 GPU Generation 10
14 nm Technology 4 nm
3 Max. displays 4
24 Compute units 4
192 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
16 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 515 GPU AMD Radeon 740M
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

The Intel Core m5-6Y57 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.8 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.

Intel Core m5-6Y57 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
LPDDR3-1866 Memory DDR5-5200
16 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 6.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
10 PCIe lanes 14
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core m5-6Y57 is 4.5 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core m5-6Y57 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
4.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 45 W
-- Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core m5-6Y57 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.

Intel Core m5-6Y57 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
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
BGA 1515 Socket AM5 (LGA 1718)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2024
-- Release price 179 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core m5-6Y57 (32%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core m5-6Y57 (12%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
644 (33%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
1965 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1195 (14%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
8768 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
821 (31%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
2686 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1367 (12%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
11063 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
Intel HD Graphics 515 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (24%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.80 GHz
1434 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
2353 (11%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
21862 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
101 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
742 (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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
158 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
418 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
117 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 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 m5-6Y57 Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
227 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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