Intel Pentium E6500K vs AMD Ryzen 3 3350U

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Intel Pentium E6500K CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
Intel Pentium E6500K AMD Ryzen 3 3350U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium E6500K or AMD Ryzen 3 3350U - 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 Pentium E6500K has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.93 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium E6500K was released in Q3/2009.

The AMD Ryzen 3 3350U has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 3350U was released in Q1/2019.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 3 (33)
Intel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13) CPU group AMD Ryzen 3000U (10)
2 Generation 2
Wolfdale (Penryn) Architecture Picasso (Zen+)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium E6500K has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium E6500K is 2.93 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 3 3350U has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 3 3350U is at 2.10 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Pentium E6500K Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.93 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.10 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 Pentium E6500K Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium E6500K or AMD Ryzen 3 3350U 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency 1.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 8
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 6
-- Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium E6500K can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 3 3350U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Pentium E6500K Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
DDR3-1333, DDR2-800 Memory DDR4-2400
16 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium E6500K is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen 3 3350U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium E6500K Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 35 W
-- TDP down 12 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium E6500K is manufactured in 45 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 3 3350U is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium E6500K Characteristic AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
45 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 775 Socket FP5
VT-x Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2009 Release date Q1/2019
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium E6500K (53%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium E6500K (24%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U (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 Pentium E6500K Intel Pentium E6500K
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
408 (53%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
773 (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 Pentium E6500K Intel Pentium E6500K
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
736 (28%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2645 (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 Pentium E6500K Intel Pentium E6500K
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
1135 (19%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
5894 (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 Pentium E6500K Intel Pentium E6500K
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
971 (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 Pentium E6500K Intel Pentium E6500K
2C 2T @ 2.93 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2688 (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 Pentium E6500K Intel Pentium E6500K
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz
922 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium E6500K AMD Ryzen 3 3350U
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