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Intel logo Core i5-6500
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Intel logo Core i5-6400

Intel Core i5-6500 logo Intel Core i5-6400 logo
General information Core i5-6500 Core i5-6400
Launched Q3 2015 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Skylake-S
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 0 % 64 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-6500 Core i5-6400
Overall Score 43679 0 % 42756 2.1 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3640 0 % 3342 8.2 %
Single Thread Score 2105.8 0 % 1962.9 6.8 %
Encrypting Data 1682.4 MB/s 0 % 1473.1 MB/s 12.4 %
Compressing Data 75.5 MB/s 0 % 70.3 MB/s 6.9 %
String objects sorting 9510.3 thousand/s 0 % 8959.1 thousand/s 5.8 %
Prime numbers generation 28.1 millions/s 0 % 25.9 millions/s 7.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14651.9 millions/s 0 % 13490.9 millions/s 7.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12504.8 millions/s 0 % 11586.8 millions/s 7.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6500, Core i5-6400.

Average frames per second Core i5-6500 Core i5-6400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.4 FPS 81.7 FPS
High settings 135.1 FPS 130.8 FPS
Medium settings 168.8 FPS 163.5 FPS
Low settings 211.1 FPS 204.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.2 %

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 i5-6400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.6 FPS 126.0 FPS
High settings 204.1 FPS 201.5 FPS
Medium settings 255.1 FPS 251.9 FPS
Low settings 318.9 FPS 314.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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