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Intel Core i7-6500U Benchmark, Test and specs

Name: Intel Core i7-6500U
Brand: Intel
Rating: 3.9 (22 reviews)

Last updated: 2023-04-04

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.

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

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.

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
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.

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

Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz)

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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 (16GB DDR3-1600), Windows 10 Pro

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 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	823
	Intel Processor N100 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	821
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	806
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	801
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	797
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	797
	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 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2097
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1927
	Intel Core i5-7360U 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1866
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1858
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1834
	Intel Pentium Silver N6000 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1832
	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 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1082
	Intel Core i5-7300U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1082
	Intel Core i7-4910MQ 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1082
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1070
	Intel Core i7-6498DU 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1070
	Intel Core i7-4800MQ 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1069
	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 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2160
	Intel Core i7-6650U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2146
	Intel Core i7-3610QE 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2145
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2132
	Intel Core i7-4600M 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2132
	Intel Core i7-6560U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2122
	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 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	770
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	770
	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	770
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	767
	Intel Core i7-6498DU 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	767
	Intel Core i3-7100H 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	765
	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 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
	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 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	302
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	299
	Intel Core i7-4720HQ 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	295
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	282
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	282
	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	282
	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 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	735
	Intel Pentium Silver J5040 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	730
	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	706
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	699
	Intel Core i7-7600U 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	690
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	675
	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 UHD Graphics 617 @ 1.05 GHz	403
	Intel Core i5-8310Y Intel UHD Graphics 617 @ 1.05 GHz	403
	Intel Core i5-8365UE Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.05 GHz	403
	Intel Core i7-6500U Intel HD Graphics 520 @ 1.05 GHz	403
	Intel Core i5-10500H Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz	403
	Intel Core i5-10200H Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz	403
	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 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3317
	Intel Core i3-6100E 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	3315
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	3293
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3278
	AMD A10-5750M 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3278
	AMD A10-5757M 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3278
	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 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	829
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	849
	Intel Core i7-6567U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	971.9
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1156.4
	Intel Core i7-7600U 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1167.3
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1179.4
	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 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	325
	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	325
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	287
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	282
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	272
	Intel Core i5-3230M 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	254
	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 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	860
	Intel Core i5-4300M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	855
	Intel Core i7-3520M 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	835
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	834
	Intel Core i5-4210M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	831
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	811
	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 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	134
	Intel Core i5-4330M 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	134
	Intel Core i5-7Y57 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	134
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	132
	Intel Core i5-8210Y 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	132
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	132
	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 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	307
	Intel Core i3-7167U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	306
	Intel Core i3-8121U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	305
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	302
	Intel Pentium Silver J5005 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	302
	Intel Core i7-6650U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	300
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	296

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
646 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
626 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,886 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,820 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,510 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,477 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
665 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
613 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,155 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,457 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
242 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
744 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
250 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,110 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,106 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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