Intel Core i5 6500 vs Intel Core i7 1250U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Feb 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Alder Lake
Processor Number
i5-6500
i7-1250U
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
BGA-1781
Power Consumption
65 W
9 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
29 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
2
Performance Core Threads
4
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
1.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
4
10
Total Thread Count
4
12
Multiplier
32x
11x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
12 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
—
8
Efficiency Core Threads
—
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
0.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.5 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
950 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
24
Execution Units
—
96
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
14
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
966
1,655
Cinebench R23
3,420
7,329
Geekbench 6
1,197
2,112
Geekbench 5
900
1,639
Geekbench 6
3,264
6,732
Geekbench 5
3,118
6,884
Blender
53
58
Passmark CPU
2,116
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Passmark CPU
5,591
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.