Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1700 points

9% slightly better overall score

1549 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

25% slightly better gaming score

2569 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1247 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1197 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i5-6500T and the Core i7-3612QM? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

40% slightly higher Blender score

32.42 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1538 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

116% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

463 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1692 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

501 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

2.5 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

Identical

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

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

775th of 1,089

801st 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500T vs Core i7-3612QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3612QM is faster than the Core i5-6500T. Despite this, the Core i5-6500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3612QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.