AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE and Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • Around 32% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 3.33 GHz
  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72.4°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 45 nm
  • 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3187 vs 1323
  • 14.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18314 vs 1290
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Jun 2021 vs August 2008
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 3.33 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 72.4°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3187 vs 1323
PassMark - CPU mark 18314 vs 1290

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 6144 KB vs 3 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3187
1323
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18314
1290
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
PassMark - Single thread mark 3187 1323
PassMark - CPU mark 18314 1290
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 439
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 23.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.496

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Wolfdale
Launch date 1 Jun 2021 August 2008
OPN Tray 100-000000258
Place in performance rating 510 2947
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $39.99
Processor Number E8500
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 16.84

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.16 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 6144 KB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 72.4°C
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 3.33 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of GPU cores 7
Number of threads 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 1333 MHz FSB
Die size 107 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Transistor count 410 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.3625V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1900 MHz
iGPU core count 7
Processor graphics Radeon Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)