Intel Core i7 6500U vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
i7-6500U
290HX
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Generation
-
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
15 W
45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
160 W
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
243 mm²
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
2
24
Total Thread Count
4
24
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
16
Efficiency Core Threads
-
16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
27
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
32 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
2000 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
Shader Units
-
512
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
16
Execution Units
-
64
Power Consumption
-
14
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
2,237
Cinebench R23
2,072
38,581
Geekbench 6
1,027
3,196
Geekbench 5
742
-
Geekbench 6
2,074
21,569
Geekbench 5
1,655
-
Blender
22
-
Passmark CPU
1,695
5,006
Passmark CPU
3,261
66,051
Cinebench 2024
-
126
Cinebench 2024
-
2,218