Intel Core i7 6500U vs 5500U

older Released July, 2015

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 6500U

	Much better 3DMark06 CPU score 48.4		Better turbo clock speed 1,050 MHz
	Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.11 GHz		Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.1 GHz

older Released January, 2015

Reasons to buy the 5500U

	Much better performance per watt 46.04 pt/W		Much better performance per dollar 1.76 pt/$
	Much better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 5,775		Better CompuBench 1.5 video composition score 11.87 fps

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 6500U 5.4 Core i7 5500U 5.6 Core i5 6200U 5.4
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 6500U 6.5 Core i7 5500U 8.2 Core i5 6200U 6.6
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 6500U n.d. Core i7 5500U 6.7 Core i5 6200U n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 6500U 7.1 Core i7 5500U 7.1 Core i5 6200U 6.5
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 6500U 6.4 Core i7 5500U 6.5 Core i5 6200U 6.4
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 i7 5500U n.d. Core i5 6200U n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

8.7	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i7 6500U 8.5 Core i7 5500U 8.7 Core i5 6200U 8.3

Winner
Intel Core i7 5500U

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i7 6500U

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Much better 3DMark06 CPU score

48.4

45.5

More than 5% better 3DMark06 CPU score

Better turbo clock speed

1,050 MHz

950 MHz

More than 10% better turbo clock speed

Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Air)

3.11 GHz

2.92 GHz

More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

Around 30% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

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Jan, 2015

Release date 6 months later

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Intel Core i7 5500U

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Much better performance per watt

46.04 pt/W

9.95 pt/W

Around 4.8x better performance per watt

Much better performance per dollar

1.76 pt/$

0.38 pt/$

Around 4.8x better performance per dollar

Much better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

5,775

2,357

Around 2.5x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score

Better CompuBench 1.5 video composition score

11.87 fps

9.85 fps

More than 20% better CompuBench 1.5 video composition score

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U

26.91 mHash/s

Core i7 5500U

28.16 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i7 6500U

21.23 mPixels/s

Core i7 5500U

17.47 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 6500U

1.29 fps

Core i7 5500U

1.2 fps

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

2,357

Core i7 5500U

5,775

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

1,910

Core i7 5500U

2,743

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 6500U

3,265 MB/s

Core i7 5500U

3,570,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 6500U

4,428

Core i7 5500U

4,002

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 6500U

1,637

Core i7 5500U

1,563

summary	Core i7 6500U	5500U
Clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz	3 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	46.04 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	12.19W
bus
Architecture	FSB	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	4,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

details	Core i7 6500U	5500U
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	4 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	2 MB/core
Manufacture process	14 nm	14 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	3.11 GHz	2.92 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.11 GHz	2.92 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 520	Intel® HD Graphics 5500
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	950 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1600
DDR3
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	32,768 MB	16,384 MB

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open potato (09:09 PM, August 10, 2016)

Yup I concur, I have the 5500U and as noted it out performs the 6500U seemingly based on the charts here... But in all areas but the price... maybe profits, are the deciding factor! LMAO =/

Tom Fasslfuz (09:09 PM, May 5, 2016)

They probably have something in their algorithm to always pick the newer generation if it's close, you can even see that "newer" is listed as a positive in the results. This site runs on adlinks sales revenue after all...

Sal Quintanilla (06:06 PM, April 29, 2016)

I don't understand this one... it seems like the 5500 won with all of the data shown. Is the statement I'm missing: "The 6500 scored less, but still"?

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