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Core i7-6500U vs Virtual CPU Version 2.5


Description
The i7-6500U is based on Skylake architecture while the Version 2.5 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6500U gets a score of 76.8 k points while the Version 2.5 gets 85.7 k points.

Summarizing, the Version 2.5 is 1.1 times faster than the i7-6500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
406e3
663
Core
Skylake-U
-
Architecture
Skylake
Base frecuency
2.5 GHz
4.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
-
Cores/Threads
2/4
2/2
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
4096 kB
- kB
Cache L3
kB
- kB
Date
September 2015
-
Mean monothread perf.
46.25k points
56.16k points
Mean multithread perf.
97.52k points
85.75k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-6500U
Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
11.11k
15.7k (x1.41)
Test#2 (FP)
15.97k
22.8k (x1.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.25k
5.61k (x1.32)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.66k
12.05k (x2.13)
TOTAL
36.99k
56.16k (x1.52)

Multithread

i7-6500U

Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
23.1k
28.49k (x1.23)
Test#2 (FP)
36.73k
37.67k (x1.03)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.99k
10.09k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
7k
9.5k (x1.36)
TOTAL
76.82k
85.75k (x1.12)

Performance/W
i7-6500U
Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
1540 points/W