Intel Core i7-6560U: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-6560U is a 2-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2200 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 706
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 1641
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 3409
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1730
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 1745
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-6560U
- Frequency
- 2200 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3200 MHz
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- TDP
- 15 W
- GPU
- Intel Iris Graphics 540
- Codename
- Skylake

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 661
- Multi-Core Score
- 1229
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Model
- innotek GmbH VirtualBox
- Motherboard
- Oracle Corporation VirtualBox
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-6560U
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 2 Cores
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 78 Stepping 3
- Base Frequency
- 2.21 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
- 4.00 MB x 2
Memory Information
- Size
- 1.95 GB
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 661 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 858 |
| Integer Score | 618 |
| Floating Point Score | 720 |
| AES-XTS | 858 1.46 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 542 2.74 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 680 32.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 560 1.58 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 708 831.8 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 593 185.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 645 35.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 521 165.9 KB/sec |
| Clang | 676 5.26 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 672 7.79 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 535 669.8 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 726 4500.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 660 36.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 660 5.08 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 662 16.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1162 57.0 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1312 17.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 946 760.0 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 677 6.06 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 568 18.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 435 16.8 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 1229 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1650 |
| Integer Score | 1174 |
| Floating Point Score | 1277 |
| AES-XTS | 1650 2.81 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1057 5.34 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1344 63.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 910 2.57 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1396 1.64 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1373 430.1 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1198 65.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 860 274.0 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1296 10.1 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1277 14.8 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1021 1.28 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1410 8736.0 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1143 62.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1309 10.1 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1257 31.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1991 97.7 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2404 32.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 2009 1.61 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1096 9.82 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 810 25.9 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 635 24.5 images/sec |