Intel Core i7 6500U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Mar 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
i7-6500U
250K+
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
FCLGA-1851
Power Consumption
15 W
125 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
159 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
6
Performance Core Threads
4
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
5.3 GHz
Total Core Count
2
18
Total Thread Count
4
18
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
12
Efficiency Core Threads
-
12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
3.3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.6 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
42
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-7200
Max Memory Size
32 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
115.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1900 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
Shader Units
-
512
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
16
Execution Units
-
64
Power Consumption
-
14
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
2,319
Cinebench R23
2,072
28,965
Geekbench 6
1,027
3,231
Geekbench 5
742
-
Geekbench 6
2,074
21,067
Geekbench 5
1,655
-
Blender
22
-
Passmark CPU
1,695
4,904
Passmark CPU
3,261
52,031
Cinebench 2024
-
141
Cinebench 2024
-
1,680
Cinebench 2026
-
7,413