Core i5-6500 vs i7-6700
Description
Both models i5-6500 and i7-6700 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 i7-6700 gets 243.4 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700 is 1.4 times faster than the i5-6500 . 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 i7-6700 gets 243.4 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700 is 1.4 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
506e3
Core
Skylake-S
Skylake-S
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
65 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2015
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
53.7k points
57.76k points
Mean multithread perf.
179.44k points
243.4k 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
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
22.89k
24.83k (x1.08)
Test#2 (FP)
19.87k
21.82k (x1.1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.58k
4.98k (x1.09)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.36k
6.14k (x0.97)
TOTAL
53.7k
57.76k (x1.08)
Multithread
i5-6500
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
84.36k
109.79k (x1.3)
Test#2 (FP)
72.91k
102.39k (x1.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.08k
24.72k (x1.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.1k
6.51k (x1.07)
TOTAL
179.44k
243.4k (x1.36)
Performance/W
i5-6500
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
1298 points/W
1689 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1122 points/W
1575 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
247 points/W
380 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
94 points/W
100 points/W
TOTAL
2761 points/W
3745 points/W
Performance/GHz
i5-6500
i7-6700
Test#1 (Integers)
6359 points/GHz
6206 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5521 points/GHz
5456 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1271 points/GHz
1244 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1766 points/GHz
1535 points/GHz
TOTAL
14917 points/GHz
14441 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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