Intel Core i5-6442EQ Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i5-6442EQ has 4 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 1440 socket and was released in Q4/2015. The Intel Core i5-6442EQ scores 724 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,207 points.
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| Name: | Intel Core i5-6442EQ |
| Family: | Intel Core i5 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 6000H |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 6 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | Intel Core i5-7442EQ |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i5-6442EQ has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6442EQ is 1.90 GHz (2.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 4 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 1.90 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 2.70 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | 2.40 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 i5-6442EQ has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-6442EQ uses the Intel HD Graphics 530, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.35 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.00 GHz |
| Execution units: | 24 |
| Shader: | 192 |
| 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): | Decode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 64 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. |
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| Memory type: | DDR4-2133 LPDDR3-1866 |
| Max. Memory: | 64 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 34.1 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 16 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 25 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. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 25 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Intel Core i5-6442EQ 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 6.00 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 1440 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 6.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Skylake H |
| 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: | Q4/2015 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-6442EQ 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.
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AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4360T
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6100E
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 1080
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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UNISOC T770
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2300
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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MediaTek Kompanio 828
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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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.
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AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-10100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 1.00 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Phenom II X4 975
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD FX-7600P
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2920XM
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 980
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-6100H
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7130U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4310U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-7100
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1035T
6C 6T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4570R
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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Intel Pentium G3440
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4350T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4310M
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6167U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7320
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4570R
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1065T
6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7660U
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7300
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i3-4360T
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6100H
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core m5-6Y54
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Pentium G4600
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4570R
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G4560
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Core i3-5010U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6167U
Intel Iris Graphics 550 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6440EQ
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6442EQ
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.00 GHz |
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AMD A10-4600M
AMD Radeon HD 7660G @ 0.69 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4930MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,357 entries
2,357 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,330 entries
2,330 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,872 entries
1,872 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,290 entries
2,290 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,098 entries
1,098 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,093 entries
1,093 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries
941 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries
937 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries
825 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries
836 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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