Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel N97

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

1724 points

1.00% slightly better overall score

1707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3267 points

0.49% slightly better gaming score

3251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1306 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1290 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1254 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1238 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

33.82 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

777th of 1,099

781st of 1,099

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500T vs N97 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6500T performs better than the N97. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the N97 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the N97.

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.