AMD Ryzen 3 3100U vs Intel Core i5 6500
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2026
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Core Architecture
Picasso
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Vega 8
HD Graphics 530
Generation
Ryzen 3 (Zen+ (Picasso))
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i5-6500
Package
Transistor Count
4.94 billions
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Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
AMD Socket FP5
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
15 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105°C
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Die Size
210 mm²
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Package
FP5
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CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
2
4
Total Thread Count
2
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
19.0
32x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
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Performance Cores
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4
Performance Core Threads
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4
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
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64 GB
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3
3.0
PCIe Lanes
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16
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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1050 MHz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
—
966
Cinebench R23
—
3,420
Geekbench 6
—
1,197
Geekbench 5
—
900
Geekbench 6
—
3,264
Geekbench 5
—
3,118
Blender
—
53
Passmark CPU
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2,116
Passmark CPU
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5,591
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.