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Intel Core i7-6500U vs MediaTek MT6582

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6500U

Rank 2 - 10 %

MediaTek MT6582

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6500U

Rank 2 - 13 %

MediaTek MT6582

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

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

767

4C / 4T · 1.30 GHz

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

2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz

1,795

4C / 4T · 1.30 GHz

235

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 520

403

ARM Mali-400 MP2

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6500U	MediaTek MT6582
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000U (20)	MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
Architecture	Skylake U	Cortex-A9
Technology	14 nm	28 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	BGA 1356
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-5500U
Successor	Intel Core i7-7500U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6500U	MediaTek MT6582
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x Cortex-A7
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	1.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	2.80 GHz
L2-Cache		0.51 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6500U	MediaTek MT6582
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 520	ARM Mali-400 MP2
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.05 GHz	0.50 - 0.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	2 / 32
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	28nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q2/2008

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6500U	MediaTek MT6582
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6500U	MediaTek MT6582
Memory	DDR3-2133 (34.1 GB/s)	LPDDR3-533 (4.3 GB/s) LPDDR2-533 (4.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6500U	MediaTek MT6582
TDP	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6500U	MediaTek MT6582
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2015	Q3/2013
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

MediaTek MT6582
4C / 4T · 1.30 GHz

★★★★★