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Intel logo Core i5-6500
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Intel logo Core i7-2600

Intel Core i5-6500 logo Intel Core i7-2600 logo
General information Core i5-6500 Core i7-2600
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-S Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 5.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 5.3 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-6500 Core i7-2600
Overall Score 43791 0 % 43215 1.3 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 21 % 57.1 %
Benchmark Score 3678 0 % 3488 5.2 %
Single Thread Score 2119.4 0 % 1729.6 18.4 %
Encrypting Data 1667.3 MB/s 0 % 1584.6 MB/s 5 %
Compressing Data 75.9 MB/s 14.4 % 88.7 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 9493 thousand/s 27.9 % 13168.2 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 23.8 millions/s 14.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14778.5 millions/s 28.6 % 20699.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12519.3 millions/s 0 % 7708 millions/s 38.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6500, Core i7-2600.

Average frames per second Core i5-6500 Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.4 FPS 82.7 FPS
High settings 135.0 FPS 132.2 FPS
Medium settings 168.8 FPS 165.3 FPS
Low settings 211.0 FPS 206.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-6500 Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.4 FPS 126.4 FPS
High settings 203.9 FPS 202.3 FPS
Medium settings 254.9 FPS 252.8 FPS
Low settings 318.6 FPS 316.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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