Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-3610QM

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

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Intel Core i7-3610QM

Price

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$ 103.63

$ 86.32 significantly less expensive

$ 189.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2289 points

26% slightly better overall score

1810 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

42% slightly better gaming score

2981 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

1464 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

1405 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

37.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1794 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

116% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

531 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1836 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

539 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd of 1,089

756th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500 vs Core i7-3610QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6500 beats the Core i7-3610QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3610QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3610QM has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3610QM. Also, the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3610QM outputs less heat than Core i5-6500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.