Ryzen 7 4800H vs Core i5-6500T

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Aggregated performance score

Core i5-6500T
2015
4 cores / 4 threads
3.09

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 289% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1520581
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.90no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5 (Desktop)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Release date5 August 2015 (8 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$192no data
Current price$130 (0.7x MSRP)$1141

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache256 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size122 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1151FP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/s68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 530AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-6500T and Ryzen 7 4800H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-6500T 3.09
Ryzen 7 4800H 12.01
+289%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 289% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-6500T 4781
Ryzen 7 4800H 18577
+289%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 289% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-6500T 1039
Ryzen 7 4800H 1462
+40.7%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 41% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-6500T 2835
Ryzen 7 4800H 5947
+110%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 110% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-6500T 4880
Ryzen 7 4800H 5684
+16.5%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 16% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-6500T 16462
Ryzen 7 4800H 37276
+126%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 126% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-6500T 5832
Ryzen 7 4800H 12683
+117%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 117% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-6500T 11.56
Ryzen 7 4800H 3.38
+242%

Core i5-6500T outperforms Ryzen 7 4800H by 242% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-6500T 5
Ryzen 7 4800H 21
+294%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 294% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-6500T 466
Ryzen 7 4800H 1854
+298%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 298% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-6500T 128
Ryzen 7 4800H 188
+46.9%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 47% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-6500T 1.45
Ryzen 7 4800H 2.18
+50.3%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 50% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-6500T 2.5
Ryzen 7 4800H 10.3
+312%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 312% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-6500T 2924
Ryzen 7 4800H 4601
+57.4%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 57% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-6500T 154
Ryzen 7 4800H 216
+40.5%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 40% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-6500T 32
Ryzen 7 4800H 103
+218%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Core i5-6500T by 218% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.09 12.01
Integrated graphics card 2.59 7.43
Recency 5 August 2015 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 54 Watt

The Ryzen 7 4800H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-6500T in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-6500T is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 4800H is a notebook one.


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