Intel Core i7 6500U vs Intel Core i5 12490F
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Alder Lake-S
Processor Number
i7-6500U
i5-12490F
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
N/A
Generation
-
Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
15 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
117 W
Foundry
-
Intel
Die Size
-
163 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
4.6 GHz
Total Core Count
2
6
Total Thread Count
4
12
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
-
0
Efficiency Core Threads
-
0
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
30.0
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size
32 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
1,729
Cinebench R23
2,072
11,488
Geekbench 6
1,027
2,466
Geekbench 5
742
-
Geekbench 6
2,074
10,268
Geekbench 5
1,655
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Blender
22
-
Passmark CPU
1,695
-
Passmark CPU
3,261
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