Intel Core i5-6287U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-11

The Intel Core i5-6287U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1356 socket and was released in Q3/2015. The Intel Core i5-6287U scores 816 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,873 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-6287U. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i5-6287U.
Name:	Intel Core i5-6287U
Family:	Intel Core i5
CPU group:	Intel Core i 6000U
Architecture:	Skylake U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	6
Predecessor:	Intel Core i5-5287U
Successor:	Intel Core i5-7287U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6287U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6287U is 3.10 GHz (3.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	3.30 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-6287U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-6287U uses the Intel Iris Graphics 550, which has 384 texture shaders and 48 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	48
Shader:	384
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q3/2015

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2133	34.1 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	28 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6287U is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1356
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q3/2015
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-6287U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz (3.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-6287U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	818
	Intel Celeron G5900T 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	818
	Intel Core i5-4310M 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	817
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	816
	Intel Core i3-9100HL 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	816
	Intel Core i7-6560U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	816
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ 8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	815

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1878
	MediaTek Dimensity 7020 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1877
	Intel Pentium Silver N6000 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1875
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1873
	Intel Core i7-6498DU 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1870
	Intel Core i5-4340M 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1863
	Samsung Exynos 1280 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1855

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1108
	Intel Core i7-4980HQ 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1107
	Intel Core i7-6567U 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1107
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1106
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1106
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz	1104
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1103

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i7-975 4C 8T @ 3.33 GHz	2225
	Intel Core i3-4150 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2222
	MediaTek Dimensity 7030 8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2219
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2214
	Intel Core i7-6660U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2197
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2187
	Intel Core i3-4330 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2179

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	845
	Intel Core i5-5287U Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.10 GHz	845
	Intel Core i7-5557U Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.10 GHz	845
	Intel Core i5-6287U Intel Iris Graphics 550 @ 1.10 GHz	845
	Intel Core i5-8269U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 @ 1.10 GHz	845
	Intel Core i5-7287U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 @ 1.10 GHz	845
	Intel Core i7-7567U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 @ 1.10 GHz	845

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A10-6700T 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3853
	Intel Core i5-7267U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3850
	Intel Core i7-6567U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3841
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3833
	Intel Core i3-4370 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3830
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3825
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3796

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-5775C 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	150
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 18C 36T @ 3.60 GHz	150
	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 22C 44T @ 3.60 GHz	150
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	149
	Intel Celeron G5920 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	149
	Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	149
	Intel Core i5-7267U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	149

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	360
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	360
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	359
	Intel Core i5-6287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	357
	Intel Core i3-4150 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	357
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	355
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	355

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,439 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,412 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,700 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,649 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,954 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
478 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,337 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,104 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,099 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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