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Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i5-10500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 74 %
Intel Core i5-6400
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-10500
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 43 %
Intel Core i5-6400
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-10500
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
1,134
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz
1,509
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
3,086
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
6,489
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
275 cb
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz
467 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
841
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz
1,145
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
1,061 cb
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
3,392 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
2,706
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
5,840
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-6400
Intel HD Graphics 530
365
Intel Core i5-10500
Intel UHD Graphics 630
461
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,360
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 3.10 GHz
3,744
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
140 cb
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz
201 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
497 cb
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
1,491 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i5-10500
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core i 10000 (43)
ArchitectureSkylake SComet Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 1200
PredecessorIntel Core i5-9500
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7400Intel Core i5-11500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i5-10500
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 6x
Frequency: 2.70 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.30 GHz 4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.00 GHz 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i5-10500
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 0.95 GHz0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i5-10500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i5-10500
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i5-10500
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-6400Intel Core i5-10500
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2020
Release price192 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-10500
Intel Core i5-10500
6C / 12T · 3.10 - 4.50 GHz

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