Intel Core i7 6500U vs i5 6200U

older Released July, 2015

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 6500U

	Much better 3DMark06 CPU score 48.4		Higher turbo clock speed 3.1 GHz
	Higher clock speed 2.5 GHz		More l3 cache per core 2 MB/core

older Released July, 2015

Reasons to buy the i5 6200U

	Significantly better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 5,551		Better performance per dollar 0.57 pt/$
	Slightly better performance per watt 10.6 pt/W

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 6500U 5.4 Core i5 6200U 5.4 A9 7th Gen A9-9410 n.d.
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 6500U 6.5 Core i5 6200U 6.6 A9 7th Gen A9-9410 n.d.
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 6500U n.d. Core i5 6200U n.d. A9 7th Gen A9-9410 n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 6500U 7.1 Core i5 6200U 6.5 A9 7th Gen A9-9410 n.d.
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 6500U 6.4 Core i5 6200U 6.4 A9 7th Gen A9-9410 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i7 6500U n.d. Core i5 6200U n.d. A9 7th Gen A9-9410 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

8.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i7 6500U 8.5 Core i5 6200U 8.3 A9 7th Gen A9-9410 n.d.

Winner
Intel Core i7 6500U

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i7 6500U based on its single-core performance.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 6500U

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Much better 3DMark06 CPU score

48.4

44.9

Around 10% better 3DMark06 CPU score

Higher turbo clock speed

3.1 GHz

2.8 GHz

More than 10% higher turbo clock speed

Higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

2.3 GHz

Around 10% higher clock speed

More l3 cache per core

2 MB/core

1.5 MB/core

Around 35% more l3 cache per core

Better turbo clock speed

1,050 MHz

1,000 MHz

5% better turbo clock speed

Better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.11 GHz

2.8 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Slightly better PassMark (Single core) score

1,637

1,500

Around 10% better PassMark (Single core) score

Better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.1 GHz

2.8 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 6200U

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Significantly better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

5,551

2,357

More than 2.2x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

Better performance per dollar

0.57 pt/$

0.38 pt/$

Around 50% better performance per dollar

Slightly better performance per watt

10.6 pt/W

9.95 pt/W

More than 5% better performance per watt

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U

26.91 mHash/s

Core i5 6200U

26.65 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 6500U

21.23 mPixels/s

Core i5 6200U

-1 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U

1.29 fps

Core i5 6200U

1.17 fps

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

2,357

Core i5 6200U

5,551

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

1,910

Core i5 6200U

2,583

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

3,265 MB/s

Core i5 6200U

3,610 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 6500U

4,428

Core i5 6200U

3,984

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 6500U

1,637

Core i5 6200U

1,500

summary	Core i7 6500U	i5 6200U
Clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	No	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	15W	15W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	3.61 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	13.14 $/year	13.14 $/year
Performance per watt	9.95 pt/W	10.6 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	12.19W
bus
Architecture	FSB	FSB
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	4,000 MT/s	4,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 6500U	i5 6200U
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	0.5 MB	0.5 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
L3 cache	4 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	14 nm	14 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.11 GHz	2.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.11 GHz	2.8 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 520	Intel® HD Graphics 520
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	1,000 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	32,768 MB

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Seyedmorteza Ghaffarishahri (10:22 PM, March 4, 2018)

Why GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) result and GeekBench 3 (Single core) are like this? I know that the chips are very similar, but there is no way that the results end up being like this! Simply, stupid!

WHO AM I (02:18 PM, March 12, 2016)

The upgrade is worth 60$ at best.

Tam Dang (04:53 PM, March 4, 2016)

haha yeah, you are mostly right except its more like it started as an i76500U and got renamed to i5-6200U. It's a common practice called "binning" that most chip makers use. When they manufacture the i7 CPU, a percentage of the chips don't come out perfect and dont perform up to specification. So they sort them out by performance. Top performing chips get put in a "bin" and sold as i7 and lower performing ones get put in a different "bin" and sold as i5 and so on.

WHO AM I (12:10 PM, March 4, 2016)

Intel got tired, so they just renamed i5-6200U and called it i7-6500U and wanted money so added 1M cache for over 100$ more.

Tam Dang (08:07 PM, March 2, 2016)

lol

WHO AM I (01:53 PM, February 28, 2016)

Same thing!

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