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Intel logo Core i5-6500
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General information Core i5-6500 Core i3-550
Launched Q3 2015 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-S Clarkdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 11 % 73 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i5-6500 Core i3-550
Overall Score 43679 0 % 31916 26.9 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 18 % 63.3 %
Benchmark Score 3640 0 % 1038 71.5 %
Single Thread Score 2093.1 0 % 1347.7 35.6 %
Encrypting Data 1652.3 MB/s 30.3 % 2371.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 76 MB/s 0 % 34 MB/s 55.2 %
String objects sorting 9387.3 thousand/s 0 % 4777.8 thousand/s 49.1 %
Prime numbers generation 27.8 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 63.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14754.8 millions/s 0 % 8485.9 millions/s 42.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12529.7 millions/s 0 % 3676.9 millions/s 70.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6500, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Core i5-6500 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.4 FPS 49.6 FPS
High settings 135.1 FPS 79.4 FPS
Medium settings 168.8 FPS 99.2 FPS
Low settings 211.1 FPS 124.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.2 %

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 i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.6 FPS 106.8 FPS
High settings 204.1 FPS 170.9 FPS
Medium settings 255.1 FPS 213.7 FPS
Low settings 318.9 FPS 267.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.3 %
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