Core i7-6560U vs i5-6400
Description
Both models i7-6560U and i5-6400 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 i7-6560U gets a score of 107 k points while the i5-6400 gets 174.1 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6400 is 1.6 times faster than the i7-6560U. 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 i7-6560U gets a score of 107 k points while the i5-6400 gets 174.1 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6400 is 1.6 times faster than the i7-6560U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
406e3
506e3
Core
Skylake-U
Skylake-S
Base frecuency
2.2 GHz
2.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/4
4/4
TDP
15 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
6144 kB
Date
September 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
52.96k points
48.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
107.01k points
174.05k 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
i7-6560U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
3.29k
3.2k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
13.52k
12.81k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.24k
4.18k (x0.99)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.08k
4.3k (x0.61)
TOTAL
28.14k
24.49k (x0.87)
Multithread
i7-6560U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
6.49k
11.45k (x1.76)
Test#2 (FP)
31.11k
46.67k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.25k
14.69k (x1.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.16k
5.92k (x0.96)
TOTAL
54.01k
78.73k (x1.46)
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
i7-6560U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
22.21k
21.1k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
19.25k
18.28k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.41k
4.22k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.09k
4.45k (x0.63)
TOTAL
52.96k
48.05k (x0.91)
Multithread
i7-6560U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
44.94k
80.03k (x1.78)
Test#2 (FP)
44.98k
71.1k (x1.58)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.83k
16.19k (x1.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.26k
6.73k (x1.08)
TOTAL
107.01k
174.05k (x1.63)
Performance/W
i7-6560U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
2996 points/W
1231 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2998 points/W
1094 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
722 points/W
249 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
418 points/W
104 points/W
TOTAL
7134 points/W
2678 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-6560U
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
6941 points/GHz
6394 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
6017 points/GHz
5539 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1377 points/GHz
1279 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2214 points/GHz
1348 points/GHz
TOTAL
16550 points/GHz
14560 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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