AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i5-6500
For gaming, the Intel Core i5-6500 is 2% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 40 41
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Top speed 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Rated power 65 W 65 W
Games at recommended 165 167
Released20172015
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 better than the Intel Core i5-6500 for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the Intel Core i5-6500 scores 41 and the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 40.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the AMD Radeon RX 590 for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti for the Intel Core i5-6500.