Intel Core i5-6500T Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-6500T is a 4 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q3/2015. The Intel Core i5-6500T is based on the 6. generation of the Intel Core i5 series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 1151. The Intel Core i5-6500T scores 785 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 2,449 points.
Intel Core i5-6500T

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Core i5-6500T belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i5-6500T.

Name: Intel Core i5-6500T
Family: Intel Core i5 (328)
CPU group: Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture: Skylake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i5-7500T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 4 CPU cores of the Intel Core i5-6500T clock with 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

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

With the Intel HD Graphics 530, the Intel Core i5-6500T has an build in graphic solution. It has 24 SM processors, which have a total of 192 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q3/2015
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

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 & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-6500T supports up to 64 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2133
DDR3-1600
34.1 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i5-6500T has a TDP of 35 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6500T has a 6.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1151
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 6.00 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

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Benchmark results

Verified 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.
Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
820
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
818
Intel Core i5-4590 Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
811
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
809
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
806
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
801
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
797

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.
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2865
Intel Core i5-4570 Intel Core i5-4570
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2841
Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2808
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2796
Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3570
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2780
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2724
Intel Core i7-2860QM Intel Core i7-2860QM
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
2723

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.
Intel Core i5-4440 Intel Core i5-4440
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
786
Intel Core i7-7Y75 Intel Core i7-7Y75
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
786
Intel Xeon D-1732TE Intel Xeon D-1732TE
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
786
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
785
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
785
Intel Core i5-3550 Intel Core i5-3550
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
783
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
783

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.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
2462
Intel Core i7-975 Intel Core i7-975
4C 8T @ 3.33 GHz
2460
Intel Core i5-3470S Intel Core i5-3470S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2455
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2449
Intel Core i7-2820QM Intel Core i7-2820QM
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
2449
Intel Core i5-1034G1 Intel Core i5-1034G1
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
2445
Intel Core i7-2720QM Intel Core i7-2720QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2438

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 E5-2660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz
1063
Intel Core i5-4570S Intel Core i5-4570S
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1062
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
18C 36T @ 3.30 GHz
1061
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1056
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1055
MediaTek Kompanio 1300T MediaTek Kompanio 1300T
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
1053
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1053

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 Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
3082
Intel Core i5-6440HQ Intel Core i5-6440HQ
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3077
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
3076
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3068
Intel Xeon D-1528 Intel Xeon D-1528
6C 12T @ 1.90 GHz
3066
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
3064
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3064

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.
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700K Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
441
AMD RX-416GD AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz
440
Intel Core i7-4940MX Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz
432

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.
Intel Core i5-7400T Intel Core i5-7400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
4776
AMD FX-4170 AMD FX-4170
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
4770
Intel Core i5-10210Y Intel Core i5-10210Y
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
4768
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
4764
Intel Atom C3758 Intel Atom C3758
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
4750
AMD FX-4150 AMD FX-4150
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4748
Intel Core i5-4440 Intel Core i5-4440
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
4746

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 i5-4330M Intel Core i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
134
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
133
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz
133
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132
AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
132
Intel Core i5-8210Y Intel Core i5-8210Y
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
132
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132

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.
Intel Core i5-7400T Intel Core i5-7400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
476
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
475
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T AMD Phenom II X6 1075T
6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz
474
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
464
Intel Core i5-4570S Intel Core i5-4570S
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
462
Intel Core i5-4440 Intel Core i5-4440
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
462
Intel Core i5-2500k Intel Core i5-2500k
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
461

Benchmarks


Description of the processor

The Intel Core i5-6500T comes from Intels "Skylake S" architecture. The desktop processor has 4 CPU cores. Intels Hyper-Threading technology, which allows one additional thread per CPU core, is not supported by the Intel Core i5-6500T. It can process 4 threads at the same time.

The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6500T is a low 2.5 GHz. Intels T processors usually clock significantly lower than their normal sister models, but the T models require less energy. The performance is reduced compared to the normal models. This also makes it possible to install the Intel Core i5-6500T in a small case, which would normally not be suitable for a normal model in this series.

The Intel Core i5-6500T has a Turbo mode. This allows the processor to dynamically adjust its clock frequency and increase it to up to 3.1 GHz. With load on all CPU cores, up to 2.8 GHz in turbo mode is possible with good cooling.

The Intel HD Graphics 530 is installed as integrated graphics in the Intel Core i5-6500T. However, the graphics performance is quite low, so the graphics card is not suitable for computer games. It is used for image and video output. If you dont need much graphics performance, you dont need to install a dedicated graphics card.

The Intel Core i5-6500T supports DDR3-1600 and DDR4-2133 memory. Memory support lies with the motherboard; memory types cannot be mixed. The performance difference between memory types is quite small. DDR4-2133 memory reaches a maximum of 34.1 GB/s in dual-channel mode (in which at least two memory modules are installed). The older DDR3-1600 memory has a maximum of 25.6 GB/s.

A maximum of 64 GB of RAM can be installed. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-6500T is a low 35 watts. In Turbo mode, the TDP can also be permanently exceeded.



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