Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1700 points

3497 points

105% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

5633 points

74% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

2866 points

122% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

2751 points

122% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

81.27 points

78% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

4822 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

1442 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

4936 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

1506 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

4 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

95 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

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

482nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500T vs Core i7-6700K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700K beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-6700K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.