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Intel logo Core i5-6500
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General information Core i5-6500 Core i3-6100
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-S Skylake-S
Clock 3.2 GHz 13.5 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 51 W 21.5 %
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
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-6500 Core i3-6100
Overall Score 43680 0 % 40466 7.4 %
Future Proof 49 % 2 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3640 0 % 2681 26.3 %
Single Thread Score 2101.6 3.3 % 2172.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 1674 MB/s 0 % 1369.1 MB/s 18.2 %
Compressing Data 75.4 MB/s 0 % 55.3 MB/s 26.6 %
String objects sorting 9539.7 thousand/s 0 % 7252.2 thousand/s 24 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 49.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14697 millions/s 0 % 12611.4 millions/s 14.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12553.6 millions/s 0 % 7797.2 millions/s 37.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6500, Core i3-6100.

Average frames per second Core i5-6500 Core i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.4 FPS 74.9 FPS
High settings 135.1 FPS 119.9 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 149.8 FPS
Low settings 211.1 FPS 187.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %

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 i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.5 FPS 121.9 FPS
High settings 204.1 FPS 195.0 FPS
Medium settings 255.1 FPS 243.8 FPS
Low settings 318.9 FPS 304.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %
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