Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Core i5-6500 vs Core i7-9800X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9800X performs better than the Core i5-6500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-6500 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6500. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500. Also, the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9800X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.