Intel Core i5-6500T Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i5-6500T 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 LGA 1151 socket and was released in Q3/2015.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-6500T. 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 i5-6500T. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i5-6500T |
| Family: | Intel Core i5 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 6000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 6 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | Intel Core i5-7500T |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i5-6500T can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 4 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 2.50 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 3.10 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | 2.80 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i5-6500T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.35 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.15 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 memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1600 DDR4-2133 |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 16 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1): | 35 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i5-6500T as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | LGA 1151 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 6.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Skylake S |
| 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: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-6500T 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.
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4570
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3570K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2860QM
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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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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Intel Core i5-4440
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3930k
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6660U
2C 4T @ 3.40 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 i5-7400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2820QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2720QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 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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Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6700
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 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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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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Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4600M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5287U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4460
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8121U
2C 4T @ 2.70 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 i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8210Y
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 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 i5-7400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1075T
6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4570S
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4440
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 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 Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4610M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7Y57
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
2C 4T @ 3.20 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 i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4460S
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 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 i7-3960X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5850EQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 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 Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4460S
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G5500
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
6C 6T @ 3.20 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 i5-6600
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6600T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6500T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4770R
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.35 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 4415U
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 0.95 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6785R
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
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Cinebench R23 (MC)
435 entries
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Cinebench R20 (SC)
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Cinebench R20 (MC)
572 entries
572 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,614 entries
1,614 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,601 entries
1,601 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
212 entries
212 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
716 entries
716 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,829 entries
1,829 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
44 entries
44 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
105 entries
105 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
211 entries
211 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
1,409 entries
1,409 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
188 entries
188 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
211 entries
211 entries
Monero Hashrate
94 entries
94 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,094 entries
1,094 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,089 entries
1,089 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries
942 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries
938 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries
824 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries
835 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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