Core i5-6500 vs i7-6500U
Description
Both models i5-6500 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 i5-6500 gets a score of 179.4 k points while the i7-6500U gets 97.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6500 is 1.8 times faster than the i7-6500U. 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 i5-6500 gets a score of 179.4 k points while the i7-6500U gets 97.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6500 is 1.8 times faster than the i7-6500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
506e3
406e3
Core
Skylake-S
Skylake-U
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.1 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
65 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4096 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
kB
Date
September 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
53.7k points
46.25k points
Mean multithread perf.
179.44k points
97.52k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i5-6500
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
3.46k
2.98k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
14.61k
12.19k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.66k
3.91k (x0.84)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.99k
5.3k (x0.76)
TOTAL
29.71k
24.37k (x0.82)
Multithread
i5-6500
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
12.52k
6.1k (x0.49)
Test#2 (FP)
51.13k
28.73k (x0.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.41k
9.56k (x0.55)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.9k
6.71k (x1.72)
TOTAL
84.96k
51.09k (x0.6)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-6500
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
13.07k
11.09k (x0.85)
Test#2 (FP)
20.23k
17.1k (x0.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.93k
4.12k (x0.84)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.2k
5.58k (x0.61)
TOTAL
47.43k
37.9k (x0.8)
Multithread
i5-6500
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
49.62k
23.3k (x0.47)
Test#2 (FP)
74.82k
38.52k (x0.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.46k
9.95k (x0.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.21k
6.95k (x1.65)
TOTAL
147.12k
78.72k (x0.54)
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
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
22.89k
19.47k (x0.85)
Test#2 (FP)
19.87k
17.58k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.58k
4.05k (x0.88)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.36k
5.15k (x0.81)
TOTAL
53.7k
46.25k (x0.86)
Multithread
i5-6500
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
84.36k
42.05k (x0.5)
Test#2 (FP)
72.91k
40.2k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.08k
9.4k (x0.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.1k
5.86k (x0.96)
TOTAL
179.44k
97.52k (x0.54)
Performance/W
i5-6500
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
1298 points/W
2803 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1122 points/W
2680 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
247 points/W
626 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
94 points/W
391 points/W
TOTAL
2761 points/W
6501 points/W
Performance/GHz
i5-6500
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
6359 points/GHz
6279 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5521 points/GHz
5672 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1271 points/GHz
1305 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1766 points/GHz
1662 points/GHz
TOTAL
14917 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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