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Intel logo Core i5-6500
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Intel Core i5-6500 logo Intel Core i5-2500 logo
General information Core i5-6500 Core i5-2500
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 2.7 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 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
2 × 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 2000
Performance Core i5-6500 Core i5-2500
Overall Score 43791 0 % 40520 7.5 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 21 % 57.1 %
Benchmark Score 3678 0 % 2696 26.7 %
Single Thread Score 2125.8 0 % 1720.7 19.1 %
Encrypting Data 1682.4 MB/s 0 % 1036.7 MB/s 38.4 %
Compressing Data 74.6 MB/s 0 % 65.6 MB/s 12 %
String objects sorting 9549.8 thousand/s 0 % 9070 thousand/s 5 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 24 millions/s 14 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14719.7 millions/s 0 % 14543 millions/s 1.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12519.3 millions/s 0 % 7399.8 millions/s 40.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6500, Core i5-2500.

Average frames per second Core i5-6500 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.4 FPS 74.7 FPS
High settings 135.0 FPS 119.5 FPS
Medium settings 168.8 FPS 149.4 FPS
Low settings 211.0 FPS 186.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.5 %

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 i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.4 FPS 121.7 FPS
High settings 203.9 FPS 194.7 FPS
Medium settings 254.9 FPS 243.4 FPS
Low settings 318.6 FPS 304.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.5 %
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