Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i5-650

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

1% slightly better overall score

1013 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1896 points

2051 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

786 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

747 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

757 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

716 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.31 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

15.60 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

120% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

908 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points

103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

458 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2113 points

124% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

943 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1011 points

120% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 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

3.2 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.46 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

386% significantly lower TDP

73 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

38 GiB

18% slightly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

941st of 1,089

943rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6560U vs Core i5-650 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6560U is faster than the Core i5-650. Despite this, the Core i5-650 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-650 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6560U. Also, the Core i5-650 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6560U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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. Indeed, the Core i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.