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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1724 points
1810 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3267 points
9% slightly better gaming score
2981 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1306 points
1464 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1254 points
1405 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
37.63 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1794 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
531 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1836 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
539 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
3.3 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28% slightly lower TDP
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

772nd of 1,092
758th of 1,092

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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