Intel Core i7-6700T vs Intel Core i5-6500

Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    119%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    128%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700T

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

None

Intel Core i7-6700T

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700T

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700T

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
Boost 2.0
AES-NI
Smart Cache
SGX
MPX
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylakevsSkylake
Release DateSep 2015vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsHD Graphics 530vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-6500
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp66°Cvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-6700TIntel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    4140 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    12880 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    1608
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1367

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    21484
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14559

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    117.89
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    117.2

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    680.82
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    356.76

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    7253
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6653

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    5605
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    5746

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    20201
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    19577

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    1.74
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1.74

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    7.26
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6.35

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    153
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    668
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    10
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.4

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    9.85
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.6

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    3829
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3100

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    165.2
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    174.5

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    41.9
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    36.1

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    4
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    2.9

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    0.69
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    0.48

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    0.41
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    0.29

GB/s