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Intel Core i3-6320 vs Intel Core i7-6500U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6320
Rank 2 - 79 %
Intel Core i7-6500U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6320
Rank 2 - 77 %
Intel Core i7-6500U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,311
Intel Core i7-6500U
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
1,070
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,730
Intel Core i7-6500U
2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
2,132
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,011
Intel Core i7-6500U
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
767
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,331
Intel Core i7-6500U
2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
1,795
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-6320
Intel HD Graphics 530
442
Intel Core i7-6500U
Intel HD Graphics 520
403
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
160 cb
Intel Core i7-6500U
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
132 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
413 cb
Intel Core i7-6500U
2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
302 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i7-6500U
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core i 6000U (20)
ArchitectureSkylake SSkylake U
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151BGA 1356
PredecessorIntel Core i7-5500U
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7320Intel Core i7-7500U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i7-6500U
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 3.90 GHz 2.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i7-6500U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.30 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i7-6500U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i7-6500U
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i7-6500U
TDP51 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6320Intel Core i7-6500U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6320
Intel Core i3-6320
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
Intel Core i7-6500U
Intel Core i7-6500U
2C / 4T · 2.50 - 3.10 GHz

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