Name: Core i5 6500
Brand: Intel
SKU: 415959
Rating: 4.3 (44 reviews)

4.2

based on all reviews

Consumer ratings:

4.3 / 5

mix of muscle
relative savings
and forward-looking architecture

chips
requires a new motherboard
AMD FX processor lacks any on-chip graphics

Processor socket: LGA 1151
Clock speed: 3.2 GHz
Number of cores: 4
Number of threads: 4
Thermal design power (tdp): 35 W
Processor lithography: 14 nm
Cache: 6 MB
Cache type: Smart Cache

Intel Core i5 6500 - Pros & Cons

mix of muscle
relative savings
and forward-looking architecture
pretty fast performance
better overclocking
steady gaming and more importantly inexpensive
it is quite good value

chips
requires a new motherboard
AMD FX processor lacks any on-chip graphics
not fully threaded to make use of all available cores
chip requires a new motherboard with an LGA 1151 socket
no hyper threading that comes in a bad way to the streamers
GPU acceleration has been disabled
lack of any possible performance boost through higher than reference frequencies
It may not display this or other websites correctly
fell apart in POV Ray where its results plunged into the gutter
s cadence into lower price points has been drastically different from previous generations
the FX-8350 has no integrated video
memory bandwidth is limited to 2133MHz
Processor frequency produces higher results here
not faster RAM

Intel Core i5 6500 - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Processor lithography	14 nm Best: HP AMD EPYC 7702 Processor lithography: 7 nm
Number of cores	4 Best: Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor 7290 Number of cores: 72
Clock speed	3.2 GHz Best: AMD FX 9590 Clock speed: 4.7 GHz
Max turbo speed	3.6 GHz Best: Cisco Intel Xeon E5-2609 Max turbo speed: 24 GHz

Intel - Video Reviews (2)

Intel Core i5 6500 | Review Testing Benchmark

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5 6500 (Performance Test in 10 Games) With GTX 1070 "OC"

Intel Core i5 6500 - Full Specifications

Processor socket	LGA 1151
Component for	PC
Operating modes	32-bit 64-bit

On-board graphics adapter	yes
Type	Intel HD Graphics 530
On-board graphics adapter base frequency	350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version	12.0

Cooler included	yes

Clock speed	3.2 GHz
Max turbo speed	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4
Number of threads	4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35.0 W
Processor lithography	0.0 in
Bus type	DMI3
Idle states	yes

Cache	6 MB
Cache type	Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1333 1600 1866 2133
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3L SDRAM DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	34.1 GB/s
Memory channels	Dual

Thermal monitoring technologies	yes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0 SSE4.1 SSE4.2
Execute disable bit	yes
Scalability	1S

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Intel Core i5 6500 Intel - Editorial Reviews (3)

4.0

Based on 3 reviews

Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Skylake i5-6500, i5-6400 & i3-6100 Review

Hardware Canucks

Published: 22.02.2016

Intel Skylake i5-6500, i5-6400 & i3-6100 Review

When Intel first launched their Skylake processors, buyers’ choices were essentially limited to a pair of options: the i7 6700K and later the i5 6600K. Both boasted features enthusiasts looked for like unlocked multipliers and fast out-of-box performance but they were also priced accordingly...

Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core i5-6600K Review

PCMAG

Published: 12.10.2015

Intel Core i5-6600K Review

4.0

Though limited to four cores/four threads, the Core i5-6600K is a strong pick for price-conscious performance hounds and future-looking gamers seeking a powerful CPU at a reasonable price.