Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-7700
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Benchmark Score
Overall Score
A combined score of all workloads
Gaming Score
The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU
Multitasking Score
Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores
Heavy Workload Score
Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores
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Other Benchmarks
3DMark Physics score
Physics simulation benchmark
Blender score
Cycles Render (Samples per minute)
Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Multi threaded benchmark
Geekbench 5 (single) score
Single threaded benchmark
Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Multi threaded benchmark
Geekbench 6 (single) score
Single threaded benchmark
Specifications
Cores
Number of physical processing units
Threads
Number of logical processing units
Clock Speed
Base frequency at which the chip operates
Turbo Speed
Higher frequency used for heavy workloads
TDP
Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU
PCIe Lanes
Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots
Memory Channels
Lanes for simultaneous memory access
Supported Memory
Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU
L1 Cache
Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest
L2 Cache
Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache
L3 Cache
General memory pool for all cores
Other details
Rank
Ranking in the hardwareDB database
Family
The product line
Release date
The official date of release of this chip
Memory Type
The type of memory used by this chip
Is Unlocked
Can this CPU can be overclocked
Supports ECC memory
Does this CPU support error correcting memory
