i7-6500U vs Ryzen 3 4300U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 4300U
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
4.68
+127%
Core i7-6500U
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.06

Ryzen 3 4300U outperforms Core i7-6500U by a whopping 127% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12851902
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Core i7
Power efficiency17.7213.00
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$393

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier2725
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size156 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP6FCBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 ( - 1400 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 520
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Core i7-6500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 4.68
+127%
i7-6500U 2.06

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 7437
+127%
i7-6500U 3277

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 1268
+76.4%
i7-6500U 719

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 3396
+107%
i7-6500U 1641

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 6068
+43.4%
i7-6500U 4231

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 3 4300U 563
+78%
i7-6500U 316

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 164
+28%
i7-6500U 128

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 3.2
+77.8%
i7-6500U 1.8

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.

Ryzen 3 4300U 2397
i7-6500U 2482
+3.5%

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.  

Ryzen 3 4300U 35
+71.2%
i7-6500U 20

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.  

Ryzen 3 4300U 172
+64.1%
i7-6500U 105

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Ryzen 3 4300U 13134
+102%
i7-6500U 6489

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Ryzen 3 4300U 4042
+34.8%
i7-6500U 2998

Geekbench 2

Ryzen 3 4300U 11281
+49%
i7-6500U 7572

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.68 2.06
Integrated graphics card 4.65 2.16
Recency 6 January 2020 1 September 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 3 4300U has a 127.2% higher aggregate performance score, 115.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 4300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-6500U in performance tests.


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