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Intel Core i7-6500U - Benchmark, Test and Specs


Intel Core i7-6500U

The processor Intel Core i7-6500U is developed on the 14 nm technology node and architecture Skylake U. Its base clock speed is 2.50 GHz, and maximum clock speed in turbo boost - 2.80 GHz. Intel Core i7-6500U contains 2 processing cores. To make a right choice for computer upgrading, please get familiar with the detailed technical specifications and benchmark results. Check socket compatibility before choosing.

CPU Cores and Base Frequency CPU Cores and Base Frequency
Frequency 2.50 GHz Cores 2
Turbo (1 Core) 3.10 GHz CPU Threads 4
Turbo (All Cores) 2.80 GHz
Hyperthreading ? Yes Overclocking ? No
Core architecture normal
Internal Graphics Internal Graphics
GPU name Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
Generation
DirectX Version 12
Execution units 24
Shader 192
Max. Memory 32 GB
Max. displays 3
Technology 14 nm
Release date Q3/2015
Hardware codec support Hardware codec support
H264 Decode / Encode
H265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
H265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
VP8 Decode / Encode
VP9 Decode
AV1 No
AV1 No
AVC Decode / Encode
JPEG Decode / Encode
Memory & PCIe Memory & PCIe
Memory type DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
Max. Memory 32 GB
Memory channels 2 ECC No
PCIe version 3.0 PCIe lanes 12
Thermal Management Thermal Management
TDP (PL1) 15 W TDP (PL2)
TDP up -- TDP down --
Tjunction max --
Technical details Technical details
Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
Architecture Skylake U
L2-Cache --
L3-Cache 4.00 MB
Technology 14 nm
Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Release date Q3/2015
Socket BGA 1356

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 823 (39%)
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Intel Core i7-3770 820 (39%)
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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 797 (38%)
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

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AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE 132 (45%)
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

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AMD A8-3870K 302 (3%)
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.

Intel Core i7-6567U 971.9 (48%)
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Intel Core i3-4130 1017.8 (50%)
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Intel Pentium G4620 1080.6 (53%)
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Intel Core i7-6500U 1156.4 (57%)
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Intel Core i7-7600U 1167.3 (58%)
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Intel Core i5-6300U 1179.4 (58%)
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Intel Core i5-7200U 1232.5 (61%)
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i7-4610M 3300 (48%)
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Intel Core i5-6500T 3289 (47%)
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Intel Core i7-6500U 3286 (47%)
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Intel Core i5-7Y57 3278 (47%)
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

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Intel Core i3-4130 6379 (7%)
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-3470 1.51 (58%)
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Intel Core i5-4330M 1.51 (58%)
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Intel Core i7-7Y75 1.51 (58%)
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AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 1.5 (57%)
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

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AMD A10-7870K 3.33 (6%)
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AMD A8-7670K 3.33 (6%)
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AMD A10-5800K 3.32 (6%)
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.

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Intel Core i7-6500U 32.3 (52%)
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Intel Core i5-6360U 32.3 (52%)
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Intel Core i7-7Y75 32.2 (52%)
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-Benchmark. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-Benchmark’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.

AMD FX-4200 4395 (5%)
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AMD A8-5600K 4359 (5%)
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AMD A8-7650K 4340 (5%)
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