AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i7-6500U
36Single-core—
27.6Multi-core20.4
84.2Efficiencyspec-based66.4
—iGPU20
27.4Platformspec-based28.9
7 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 5 7520U1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-6500U
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-6500U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
- Stronger multi-core score: 28 vs 20
- 172% higher PassMark: 8,913 vs 3,276
- 100% higher cores: 4 vs 2
- 100% higher threads: 8 vs 4
- 57% lower process: 6 nm vs 14 nm
Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-6500U
- 100% higher Max memory: 32 GB vs 16 GB
General
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2022 | 2015 |
| Process | 6 nm+57% | 14 nm |
| Base TDP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max TDP | — | 25 W |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 4+100% | 2 |
| Performance cores | 4 | — |
| Threads | 8+100% | 4 |
| Base clock | 2.8 GHz+12% | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.3 GHz+39% | 3.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
Integrated GPU
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| iGPU | AMD Radeon 610M | Intel HD Graphics 520 |
| iGPU clock | 1,900 MHz | 1,050 MHz |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory support | LPDDR5-5500 | DDR4-2133 / LPDDR3-1866 / DDR3L-1600 |
| Max memory | 16 GB | 32 GB+100% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U | Intel Core i7-6500U |
|---|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 (single) | 1,374Bottom 6% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | 4,434Bottom 7% | — |
| Cinebench R23 (single) | 1,171Bottom 13% | — |
| Cinebench R23 (multi) | 5,149Bottom 15% | — |
| PassMark | 8,913+172%Bottom 14% | 3,276Bottom 4% |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU) | — | 263Bottom 4% |
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