Intel Core i7 6500U vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Apr 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Processor Number
i7-6500U
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Radeon 780M
Generation
—
Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
25 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
FP8
Power Consumption
15 W
9-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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178 mm²
Package
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FP8
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
2
8
Total Thread Count
4
16
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
Multiplier
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33x
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
32 GB
256 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
2700 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
Shader Units
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768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
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32
Execution Units
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12
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
12
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
1,719
Cinebench R23
2,072
13,884
Geekbench 6
1,027
2,522
Geekbench 5
742
1,841
Geekbench 6
2,074
11,212
Geekbench 5
1,655
9,906
Blender
22
197
Passmark CPU
1,695
3,617
Passmark CPU
3,261
25,181
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.