Intel Core i7 6500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i7-6500U
9850X3D
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Radeon Graphics
Generation
—
Ryzen 7 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
8.315 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
AM5
Power Consumption
15 W
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
162 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
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FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
5.6 GHz
Total Core Count
2
8
Total Thread Count
4
16
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Multiplier
—
47
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
32 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
Shader Units
—
128
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
—
4
Execution Units
—
2
Power Consumption
—
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
12
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
2,222
Cinebench R23
2,072
23,192
Geekbench 6
1,027
3,581
Geekbench 5
742
—
Geekbench 6
2,074
19,325
Geekbench 5
1,655
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Blender
22
—
Passmark CPU
1,695
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Passmark CPU
3,261
—
Cinebench 2024
—
144
Cinebench 2024
—
1,398
Cinebench 2026
—
5,698
Cinebench 2026
—
780
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.