Core i5-6200U vs i7-6500U
Description
Both models i5-6200U and i7-6500U are based on Skylake architecture.
Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6200U gets a score of 81.2 k points while the i7-6500U gets 97.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6500U is 1.2 times faster than the i5-6200U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6200U gets a score of 81.2 k points while the i7-6500U gets 97.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6500U is 1.2 times faster than the i5-6200U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
406e3
406e3
Core
Skylake-U
Skylake-U
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.8 GHz
3.1 GHz
Socket
BGA 1356
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
2/4
2/4
TDP
15 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
4096 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
kB
Date
September 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
38.87k points
46.25k points
Mean multithread perf.
81.18k points
97.52k points
AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-6200U
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
17.06k
19.47k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
15.24k
17.58k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.35k
4.05k (x1.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.22k
5.15k (x1.6)
TOTAL
38.87k
46.25k (x1.19)
Multithread
i5-6200U
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
35.68k
42.05k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
33.68k
40.2k (x1.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.74k
9.4k (x1.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.09k
5.86k (x1.44)
TOTAL
81.18k
97.52k (x1.2)
Performance/W
i5-6200U
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
2378 points/W
2803 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2245 points/W
2680 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
516 points/W
626 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
272 points/W
391 points/W
TOTAL
5412 points/W
6501 points/W
Performance/GHz
i5-6200U
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
6091 points/GHz
6279 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5445 points/GHz
5672 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1196 points/GHz
1305 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1150 points/GHz
1662 points/GHz
TOTAL
13882 points/GHz
14918 points/GHz
Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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