CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 6500U vs 6200U among all CPUs

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 6500U
5.5
Core i5 6200U
5.5
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
6.6
Core i5 6200U
6.7
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
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Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 6500U
7.3
Core i5 6200U
6.6
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
5.8
Core i5 6200U
5.8
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
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Core i5 6200U
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A9 7th Gen A9-9410
n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
8.2

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i7 6500U
8.2
Core i5 6200U
8.0
A9 7th Gen A9-9410
n.d.

Winner
Intel Core i7 6500U 

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

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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 6500U

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Higher turbo clock speed 3.1 GHz vs 2.8 GHz More than 10% higher turbo clock speed
Much better CompuBench 1.5 face detection score 20.87 mPixels/s vs -1 mPixels/s More than 2175% better CompuBench 1.5 face detection score
Higher clock speed 2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz Around 10% higher clock speed
More l3 cache per core 2 MB/core vs 1.5 MB/core Around 35% more l3 cache per core
Better turbo clock speed 1,050 MHz vs 1,000 MHz 5% better turbo clock speed
Better 3DMark06 CPU score 48.4 vs 44.9 Around 10% better 3DMark06 CPU score
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.11 GHz vs 2.8 GHz More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.1 GHz vs 2.8 GHz More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
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Better performance per dollar 0.57 pt/$ vs 0.38 pt/$ More than 50% better performance per dollar
Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 5,551 vs 2,357 More than 2.2x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 6500U vs i5 6200U

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U
26.96 mHash/s
Core i5 6200U
28.93 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 6500U
20.87 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

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 6500U  vs
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 9.89 pt/W 10.65 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  vs
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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Comments

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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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