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Intel Core i7-5600U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-04

The Intel Core i7-5600U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q1/2015. The Intel Core i7-5600U scores 699 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,796 points.

At a glance
Name:	Intel Core i7-5600U
Family:	Intel Core i7 (299)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 5000U (16)
Architecture:	Broadwell U
Technology:	14 nm
Segment:	Notebook
Generation:	5
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Core i7-6600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-5600U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-5600U is 2.60 GHz (3.20 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:	2.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	3.10 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--
NPU + CPU + iGPU:	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i7-5600U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-5600U uses the Intel HD Graphics 5500, 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 5500
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	0.95 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2015

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	8
Direct X:	11.2
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	16 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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

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

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1600	25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 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):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-5600U 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 1168
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:	Q1/2015
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz (3.20 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-5600U 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 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	AMD Ryzen 7 3700C 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1020
	AMD Ryzen 7 3700U 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1020
	Intel Core i7-4770HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1014
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1009
	Intel Core i7-4722HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1009
	Intel Core i5-5287U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1007
	Intel Core i7-4850HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1007

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	Intel Core i5-4300M 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2036
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2021
	Intel Core i7-2920XM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2020
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2004
	Intel Core i7-4578U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2002
	AMD Athlon PRO 300U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1986
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1986

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 i5-3320M 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	702
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	701
	Intel Core i7-2920XM 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	701
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	699
	Intel Core i7-3632QM 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	699
	Intel Core i5-6260U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	698
	Intel Core m5-6Y54 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	698

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 Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1822
	Intel Core i5-4210H 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1806
	Intel Celeron J6412 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1798
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1796
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1795
	Intel Core i5-4330M 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1794
	Intel Pentium Silver J5040 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1773

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	308
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	306
	Intel Core i7-8500Y 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	306
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	305
	Intel Core i5-8210Y 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	302
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	302
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	299

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i5-8200Y 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	641
	Intel Core i5-8310Y 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	641
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	634
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	632
	Intel Core i5-8210Y 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	632
	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	612
	Intel Celeron N5100 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	604

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 i3-4110M Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i5-4210M Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i7-5600U Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.95 GHz	365
	Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 0.95 GHz	365
	Intel Core i3-7100H Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 0.95 GHz	365
	Intel Core i3-7100E Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 0.95 GHz	365

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 Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	3032
	AMD A10-7300 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	3010
	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	3009
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3008
	Intel Core i5-4308U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3005
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	3004
	Intel Core i3-7130U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	3000

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	973
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	952
	Intel Core i3-8130U 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	937
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	912
	Intel Core i7-6600U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	898
	Intel Core i5-4200H 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	875
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	865

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 i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	132
	Intel Core i5-8210Y 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	132
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	132
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	131
	Intel Core i5-6360U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	131
	Intel Core i7-5650U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	131
	Intel Core i7-4770HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	131

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 Atom x6425E 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	335
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	334
	Intel Core i5-4210H 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	331
	Intel Core i7-5600U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	329
	Intel Core i7-6567U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	329
	Intel Core i7-5650U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	329
	Intel Core i3-7100H 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	328

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,819 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,765 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,502 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,474 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
662 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
610 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,090 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,423 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
741 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
249 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,103 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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