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Intel Core i7 6500U

CPU Intel Sep 2015 Released

The Intel Core i7 6500U is a laptop-class CPU manufactured by Intel, built on Intel's officially announced 14 nm process technology, released in September 2015. This processor features a 2-core 4-thread architecture design, with a base clock of 2.5 GHz and a maximum boost clock reaching up to 3.1 GHz, equipped with 4 MB shared of L3 cache, utilizing the BGA-1356 socket. Overall specifications are targeted at laptop application scenarios.

General Parameters

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Release Date
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Type
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Processor Number
i7-6500U
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520

Package

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Transistor Count
1.7 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
Power Consumption
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C

CPU Performance

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Performance Cores
2
Performance Core Threads
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
Total Core Count
2
Total Thread Count
4
L1 Cache
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No

Memory Parameters

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Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No

Graphics Card Parameters

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Integrated Graphics
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz

Miscellaneous

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Official Website
Official Link ↗
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
12
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single 719
Cinebench R23 Multi 2,072
Geekbench 6 Single 1,027
Geekbench 5 Single 742
Geekbench 6 Multi 2,074
Geekbench 5 Multi 1,655
Blender Single 22
Passmark CPU Single 1,695
Passmark CPU Multi 3,261

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🏆 CPU Performance Ranking

Cinebench R23 Single Core

1 Intel Core i5 8400T 774
2 AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 765
3 AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 765
4 Intel Pentium Silver N6000 752
5 Intel Core i7 6500U 719
6 Intel Core i5 6200U 709
7 Intel Pentium G4560 700
8 Intel Celeron N5100 688
9 Intel Core i5 5200U 622

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

1 Intel Celeron N5095 2,174
2 Intel Pentium G4560 2,160
3 Intel Core i3 8130U 2,124
4 Intel Pentium G4600 2,085
5 Intel Core i7 6500U 2,072
6 Intel Core i5 7200U 2,040
7 Intel Pentium Silver N6000 2,028
8 AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 1,972
9 Intel Pentium Silver J5040 1,959

Geekbench 6 Single Core

1 Intel Core i9 10980HK 1,048
2 Intel Core i7 6700HQ 1,044
3 Intel Core i7 10510Y 1,042
4 AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 1,039
5 Intel Core i7 6500U 1,027
6 AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 1,025
7 Intel Core i7 6950X 1,020
8 Intel Core i7 10750H 1,015
9 AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 1,014

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

1 Intel Core i3 8130U 2,149
2 Intel Core i5 7300HQ 2,136
3 Intel Core i5 8300H 2,104
4 Intel Core i5 8350U 2,080
5 Intel Core i7 6500U 2,074
6 Intel Core i3 1110G4 2,040
7 Intel Core i5 7200U 2,003
8 Intel Core i5 7600K 1,948
9 Intel Core i3 4170 1,938

Passmark CPU Single Core

1 Intel Pentium Silver N6005 1,762
2 AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 1,735
3 AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 1,735
4 Intel Core i5 8210Y 1,704
5 Intel Core i7 6500U 1,695
6 AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 1,682
7 Intel Core i5 6200U 1,566
8 Intel Celeron N5095 1,500
9 Intel Core i5 5200U 1,499

Passmark CPU Multi Core

1 Intel Core i3 1110G4 3,458
2 Intel Pentium Silver J5040 3,440
3 Intel Core i5 7200U 3,394
4 Intel Celeron N5100 3,308
5 Intel Core i7 6500U 3,261
6 Intel Pentium Silver N6000 3,132
7 Intel Core i5 6200U 2,983
8 Intel Celeron G5905 2,830
9 Intel Core i5 8210Y 2,798