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Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i5-8265U

Last updated: 2026-06-06

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 i7-6700

Rank 2 - 87 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6700

Rank 2 - 69 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,071 pts

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

606 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,921 pts

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

1,674 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,291

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

1,286

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4,009

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

3,267

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

983

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

909

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

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

3,801

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

2,806

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

Intel UHD Graphics 620

422

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

409.7 s

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

637.2 s

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

397

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

390

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

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,094

4C / 8T · 1.60 GHz

1,737

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

171 cb

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

171 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

816 cb

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

549 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 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 i7-6700	Intel Core i5-8265U
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core i 8000U (WL) (8)
Architecture	Skylake S	Whiskey Lake U
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151	BGA 1356
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i7-7700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i5-8265U
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	1.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	2.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i5-8265U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.30 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	16 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2015	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i5-8265U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i5-8265U
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i5-8265U
TDP	65 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i5-8265U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2015	Q3/2018
Release price	350 $	385 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i7-6700
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-8265U
4C / 8T · 1.60 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★