Intel Core i5 6600 vs Intel Core i7 6500U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Skylake
Processor Number
i5-6600
i7-6500U
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
HD Graphics 520
Package
Transistor Count
1.75 billions
1.7 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
BGA-1356
Power Consumption
65 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
2
Performance Core Threads
4
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
3.1 GHz
Total Core Count
4
2
Total Thread Count
4
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
—
Multiplier
33x
—
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
1050 MHz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
12
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,042
719
Cinebench R23
3,810
2,072
Geekbench 6
1,215
1,027
Geekbench 5
953
742
Geekbench 6
3,041
2,074
Geekbench 5
3,325
1,655
Blender
41
22
Passmark CPU
2,246
1,695
Passmark CPU
5,989
3,261
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.