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Intel logo Core i5-6500
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Intel logo Core i5-3550

Intel Core i5-6500 logo Intel Core i5-3550 logo
General information Core i5-6500 Core i5-3550
Launched Q3 2015 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Ivy 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 15.6 % 77 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 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 2500
Performance Core i5-6500 Core i5-3550
Overall Score 43791 0 % 42092 3.9 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 28 % 42.9 %
Benchmark Score 3678 0 % 3139 14.7 %
Single Thread Score 2119.4 0 % 1995 5.9 %
Encrypting Data 1667.3 MB/s 0 % 1213.9 MB/s 27.2 %
Compressing Data 75.9 MB/s 0 % 73.2 MB/s 3.6 %
String objects sorting 9493 thousand/s 0 % 9402.8 thousand/s 0.9 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 3.4 % 28.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14778.5 millions/s 4 % 15399.6 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12519.3 millions/s 0 % 11293.7 millions/s 9.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6500, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i5-6500 Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.4 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 135.0 FPS 127.0 FPS
Medium settings 168.8 FPS 158.7 FPS
Low settings 211.0 FPS 198.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 i5-6500 Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.4 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 203.9 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 254.9 FPS 248.9 FPS
Low settings 318.6 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %
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