Core i5-6500 vs Engineering Sample 506E8
Description
The i5-6500 is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6500 gets a score of 179.4 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1.2 times faster than the i5-6500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6500 gets a score of 179.4 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1.2 times faster than the i5-6500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e8
Core
Skylake-S
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
53.7k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
179.44k points
211.6k 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
i5-6500
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
22.89k
23.91k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
19.87k
21.03k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.58k
5.05k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.36k
6.4k (x1.01)
TOTAL
53.7k
56.39k (x1.05)
Multithread
i5-6500
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
84.36k
95.3k (x1.13)
Test#2 (FP)
72.91k
91.94k (x1.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.08k
22.06k (x1.37)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.1k
2.3k (x0.38)
TOTAL
179.44k
211.6k (x1.18)
Performance/W
i5-6500
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1298 points/W