Intel Core i5-6500: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

The Intel Core i5-6500 is a 4-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3200 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

Performance (Benchmarks)

Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
895
Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
2908
PassMark CPU Mark Rating
5641
PassMark Single Thread Rating
2124
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
3245

Processor Specs

Processor
Intel Core i5-6500
Frequency
3200 MHz
Maximum Frequency
3600 MHz
Cores
4
Threads
4
TDP
65 W
GPU
Intel HD Graphics 530
Codename
Skylake
Package
FCLGA1151
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Core i5-6500: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

Single-Core Score
895
Multi-Core Score
3175
Benchmark
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Operating System
macOS 11.5 (Build 20G71)
Model
iMac (27-inch Retina Late 2015)
Model ID
iMac17,1
Motherboard
Apple Inc. Mac-DB15BD556843C820 iMac17,1

CPU Specifications

Name
Intel Core i5-6500
Topology
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Identifier
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3
Base Frequency
3.20 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache
32.0 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache
32.0 KB x 2
L2 Cache
256 KB x 2
L3 Cache
6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

Size
24.00 GB
Transfer Rate
1867 MT/s
Type
DDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

Single-Core Score895
Crypto Score949
Integer Score879
Floating Point Score 922
AES-XTS949
1.62 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)903
4.57 MB/sec
Image Compression943
44.6 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)912
2.57 MTE/sec
HTML5778
913.4 KElements/sec
SQLite803
251.5 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering917
49.8 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering849
270.5 KB/sec
Clang878
6.84 Klines/sec
Camera947
11.0 images/sec
N-Body Physics887
1.11 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics1109
6871.0 FPS
Gaussian Blur269
14.8 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection560
4.31 images/sec
Horizon Detection917
22.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1871
91.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1734
23.6 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1005
807.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion892
7.99 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition967
30.9 Words/sec
Machine Learning1077
41.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score3175
Crypto Score4188
Integer Score2942
Floating Point Score 3510
AES-XTS4188
7.14 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2931
14.8 MB/sec
Image Compression3462
163.8 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2226
6.28 MTE/sec
HTML52645
3.11 MElements/sec
SQLite3147
985.9 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering2979
161.7 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering2944
938.1 KB/sec
Clang3149
24.5 Klines/sec
Camera3178
36.8 images/sec
N-Body Physics3054
3.82 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics4089
25331.5 FPS
Gaussian Blur3255
178.9 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection3623
27.9 images/sec
Horizon Detection3222
79.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5011
245.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR5886
80.2 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing5171
4.15 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3085
27.6 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition2129
68.1 Words/sec
Machine Learning2097
81.0 images/sec