Intel Core i5-6200U vs Intel N97

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1045 points
1707 points
63% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2029 points
3251 points
60% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

783 points
1290 points
64% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

751 points
1238 points
64% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.78 points
33.82 points
62% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

951st of 1,107
786th of 1,107

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-6200U vs N97 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the N97 is faster than the Core i5-6200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6200U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the N97 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-6200U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the N97.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-6200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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