Technical Specifications
Performance
| Total Cores | 4 |
|---|---|
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
Graphics
| Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 530 |
|---|
Technical
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Released | September 1, 2015 |
Other Specifications
| File compression | 314.4 MB/sec |
|---|---|
| Clang compilation | 23 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 74.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 106.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 124.9 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 23.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 38.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.58 Mpixels/sec |
| Integer math | 14.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 12.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 27M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 9.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 1.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 76.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 440 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 6.6B Matrices/sec |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 54.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 86.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 0.67 PPW |
| Type | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake |
| Model number | i5-6500 |
| P-Cores | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz |
| Total Threads | 4 |
| Multiplier | 32x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W |
| Socket | LGA-1151 |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1050 MHz |
| Memory Types |
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| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No |
| Official Site | Intel Core i5 6500 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 |