Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i5-5200U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 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

1024 points

1041 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1896 points

2025 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

786 points

0.90% slightly better multitasking score

779 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

757 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

748 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.31 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

18.12 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1480 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

763 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2113 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1512 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1011 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

785 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

2.2 GHz

2.20 GHz

0.05% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 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

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

941st of 1,089

937th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

5th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6560U vs Core i5-5200U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-5200U is faster than the Core i7-6560U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-5200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6560U. Despite this, the Core i7-6560U has a slightly higher 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.