Intel Core i7-6500U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-6500U is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q3/2015. The Intel Core i7-6500U is based on the 6. generation of the Intel Core i7 series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1356. The Intel Core i7-6500U scores 767 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 1,795 points.
Intel Core i7-6500U

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i7-6500U
Family: Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group: Intel Core i 6000U (20)
Architecture: Skylake U
Technology: 14 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 6
Predecessor: Intel Core i7-5500U
Successor: Intel Core i7-7500U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Core i7-6500U 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: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 2.80 GHz

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

With the Intel HD Graphics 520, the Intel Core i7-6500U 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 520
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.05 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 i7-6500U supports up to 32 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:
DDR3-2133
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

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i7-6500U has a TDP of 15 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-6500U has a 4.00 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: 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

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-6500U 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.

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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.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
823
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
821
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
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
797
Intel Core i7-4800MQ Intel Core i7-4800MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
789

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.
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2097
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1927
Intel Core i5-7360U Intel Core i5-7360U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1866
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1858
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1834
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1832
Intel Core i5-5287U Intel Core i5-5287U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1827

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.
Intel Core i5-7300HQ Intel Core i5-7300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1082
Intel Core i5-7300U Intel Core i5-7300U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1082
Intel Core i7-4910MQ Intel Core i7-4910MQ
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1082
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1070
Intel Core i7-6498DU Intel Core i7-6498DU
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1070
Intel Core i7-4800MQ Intel Core i7-4800MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1069
Intel Core i7-4900MQ Intel Core i7-4900MQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1064

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 i7-6498DU Intel Core i7-6498DU
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2160
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2146
Intel Core i7-3610QE Intel Core i7-3610QE
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2145
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2132
Intel Core i7-4600M Intel Core i7-4600M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
2132
Intel Core i7-6560U Intel Core i7-6560U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2122
Intel Core i5-4330M Intel Core i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2113

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 Athlon Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
770
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
770
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
770
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
767
Intel Core i7-6498DU Intel Core i7-6498DU
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
767
Intel Core i3-7100H Intel Core i3-7100H
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
765
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
764

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 Core i5-4210H Intel Core i5-4210H
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1806
Intel Celeron J6412 Intel Celeron J6412
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1798
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1796
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1795
Intel Core i5-4330M Intel Core i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1794
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1773
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1772

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 i5-8210Y Intel Core i5-8210Y
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
302
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
299
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
295
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
282
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
282
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
282
Intel Core i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
280

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 i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
735
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
730
Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Core i5-5257U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
706
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
699
Intel Core i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
690
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
675
Intel Pentium Silver J5005 Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
669

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 i5-8210Y Intel Core i5-8210Y
Intel UHD Graphics 617 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-8310Y Intel Core i5-8310Y
Intel UHD Graphics 617 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-8365UE Intel Core i5-8365UE
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
Intel HD Graphics 520 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-10500H Intel Core i5-10500H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-10200H Intel Core i5-10200H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403

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 i7-6498DU Intel Core i7-6498DU
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3317
Intel Core i3-6100E Intel Core i3-6100E
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
3315
AMD Athlon Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3293
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3278
AMD A10-5750M AMD A10-5750M
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3278
AMD A10-5757M AMD A10-5757M
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3278
Intel Core i3-10110Y Intel Core i3-10110Y
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3274

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
829
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
849
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
971.9
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1156.4
Intel Core i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1167.3
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1179.4
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1232.5

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-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 i7-6700HQ Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
325
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
325
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
287
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
282
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
272
Intel Core i5-3230M Intel Core i5-3230M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
254
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
252

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 i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
860
Intel Core i5-4300M Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
855
Intel Core i7-3520M Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
835
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
834
Intel Core i5-4210M Intel Core i5-4210M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
831
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
811
Intel Core i5-4200M Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
809

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.
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
134
Intel Core i5-4330M Intel Core i5-4330M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
134
Intel Core i5-7Y57 Intel Core i5-7Y57
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
134
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132
Intel Core i5-8210Y Intel Core i5-8210Y
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
132
Intel Core i5-7200U Intel Core i5-7200U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.20 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 i7-5550U Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
307
Intel Core i3-7167U Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
306
Intel Core i3-8121U Intel Core i3-8121U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
305
Intel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
302
Intel Pentium Silver J5005 Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
302
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
300
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
296

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