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Intel logo Core i5-9500
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Intel logo Core i5-6500

Intel Core i5-9500 logo Intel Core i5-6500 logo
General information Core i5-9500 Core i5-6500
Launched Q2 2019 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 18.2 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-9500 Core i5-6500
Overall Score 50195 0 % 43680 13 %
Future Proof 71 % 0 % 49 % 31 %
Benchmark Score 6348 0 % 3640 42.7 %
Single Thread Score 2563.5 0 % 2101.6 18 %
Encrypting Data 3116.7 MB/s 0 % 1674 MB/s 46.3 %
Compressing Data 133.2 MB/s 0 % 75.4 MB/s 43.4 %
String objects sorting 17287.2 thousand/s 0 % 9539.7 thousand/s 44.8 %
Prime numbers generation 35.2 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 20.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27619.1 millions/s 0 % 14697 millions/s 46.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24002.5 millions/s 0 % 12553.6 millions/s 47.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-9500, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i5-9500 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.8 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 166.0 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 207.5 FPS 168.9 FPS
Low settings 259.4 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.6 %

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 i5-9500 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.0 FPS 127.5 FPS
High settings 222.4 FPS 204.1 FPS
Medium settings 278.0 FPS 255.1 FPS
Low settings 347.5 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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