Intel Core i7 6500U vs Intel Core i5 8279U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
May 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Coffee Lake
Processor Number
i7-6500U
i5-8279U
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
BGA-1528
Power Consumption
15 W
28 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
4
Performance Core Threads
4
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
2
4
Total Thread Count
4
8
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
24x
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size
32 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1150 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
Shader Units
-
384
Texture Units
-
48
Raster Operation Units
-
6
Execution Units
-
48
Power Consumption
-
15 W
Max Resolution
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
1,085
Cinebench R23
2,072
4,440
Geekbench 6
1,027
1,313
Geekbench 5
742
951
Geekbench 6
2,074
4,465
Geekbench 5
1,655
3,929
Blender
22
59
Passmark CPU
1,695
2,365
Passmark CPU
3,261
7,732