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Intel Core 7 253PQE vs Intel Core i5 6500

	CPU Intel Core 7 253PQE	CPU Intel Core i5 6500
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2026	Sep 2015
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Core Architecture	Bartlett Lake	Skylake
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	HD Graphics 530
Generation	Core 7 (Bartlett Lake)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i5-6500
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 1700	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	125 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C
Foundry	Intel
Package	FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	10	4
Total Thread Count	20	4
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	35.0	32x
L1 Cache	80 KB per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	2 MB per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	33 MB shared	6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
SMP	1
Performance Cores		4
Performance Core Threads		4
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200, DDR5-5600	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size	192 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	89.6 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1650 MHz	1050 MHz
Execution Units	32
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5	3.0
PCIe Lanes	20	16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2