Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i7-870

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?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1700 points

1923 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

4% slightly better gaming score

3090 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

1576 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

1513 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

37.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1563 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

485 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1550 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

475 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

2.93 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.6 GHz

16% 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

300% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

732nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500T vs Core i7-870 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-870 performs better than the Core i5-6500T. Despite this, the Core i5-6500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-870 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-870 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.