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Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Celeron 4205U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6500
Rank 2 - 47 %
Intel Celeron 4205U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6500
Rank 2 - 26 %
Intel Celeron 4205U
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
902
Intel Celeron 4205U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
427
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
2,956
Intel Celeron 4205U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
840
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-6500
Intel HD Graphics 530
403
Intel Celeron 4205U
Intel UHD Graphics 610
173
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,453
Intel Celeron 4205U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
389

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-6500Intel Celeron 4205U
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Celeron (165)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Celeron 4000 (3)
ArchitectureSkylake SWhiskey Lake U
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151BGA 1528
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7500Intel Celeron 5205U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-6500Intel Celeron 4205U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.20 GHz 1.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-6500Intel Celeron 4205U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel UHD Graphics 610
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 GHz0.30 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19212 / 96
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-6500Intel Celeron 4205U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-6500Intel Celeron 4205U
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (15.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-6500Intel Celeron 4205U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down12.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-6500Intel Celeron 4205U
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 dateQ3/2015Q1/2019
Release price250 $107 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz
Intel Celeron 4205U
Intel Celeron 4205U
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz

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