Product Compare

Intel Core i5 6500 vs Intel Core i9 9960X

CPU CPU
General Parameters
Release Date Sep 2015 Oct 2018
Manufacturer Intel Intel
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Core Architecture Skylake Skylake
Processor Number i5-6500 i9-9960X
Integrated Graphics HD Graphics 530 N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process 14 nm 14 nm
Socket LGA-1151 LGA-2066
Power Consumption 65 W 165 W
Peak Operating Temperature 85 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores 4 16
Performance Core Threads 4 32
Performance Core Base Frequency 3.2 GHz 3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 3.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total Core Count 4 16
Total Thread Count 4 32
Multiplier 32x
L1 Cache 64 K per core 32 K per core
L2 Cache 256 K per core 1 MB per core
L3 Cache 6 MB shared 22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600 DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Max Memory Channels 2 4
Max Memory Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support No No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency 1050 MHz
Miscellaneous
Official Website Official Link ↗ Official Link ↗
PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
PCIe Lanes 16 44
Extended Instruction Set SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core 966 1075
Cinebench R23 Multi Core 3420 17953
Geekbench 6 Single Core 1197 1432
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 3264 10707
Passmark CPU Single Core 2116 2608
Passmark CPU Multi Core 5591 30525