Intel Core i7-1068G7 vs Intel Core i5-6500

Intel Core i7-1068G7
Intel BGA1440MOBILE
2300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2019
Intel Core i7-1068G7
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-1068G7

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-1068G7

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-1068G7

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-1068G7Intel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i7-1068G7Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureIntel_IcelakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameIce Lake-UvsSkylake
Release DateAug 2019vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-1068G7Intel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIris PlusvsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-1068G7Intel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-1068G7Intel Core i5-6500
SocketIntel BGA1440vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-BGA1526vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process10 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-1068G7Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency2300 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP28 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-1068G7
    4920 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-1068G7
    13248 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better