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Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Processor N95. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2015
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Core i5-6500
Released
Q1/2023
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Intel Processor N95
Intel Processor N95

What's the best choice Intel Core i5-6500 or Intel Processor N95? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i5-6500 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2015.

Intel Processor N95 has a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. 4 / 4 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    789 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 38% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 6% better overclocked clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-6500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    310 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    404 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    369 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    403 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    526 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    645 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    773 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    757 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    45 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    221 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    345 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    553 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    298 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    89 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    678 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    993 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.23 times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Processor N95 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    515 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    855 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    687 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    794 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    204 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    230 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Intel Core i5 left arrow Intel Processor N
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 13
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 6000 left arrow Intel Processor N50/N100/N200
  • Successor
    Intel Core i5-7500 left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 530 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake)
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow 1.20 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.15 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 left arrow Q1/2023
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Processor N95 and Intel Core i5-6500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 1 (Single Channel)
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-6500 and Intel Processor N95 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 105 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-6500 and Intel Core i5-6500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    6.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Skylake S left arrow Alder Lake N
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1151 left arrow BGA
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 left arrow Q1/2023

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i5-6500 and Intel Processor N95.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
902
Intel Core i5-6500
1028
Intel Processor N95
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
2956
Intel Core i5-6500
2649
Intel Processor N95
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
442
Intel Core i5-6500
461
Intel Processor N95
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
7809
Intel Core i5-6500
5495
Intel Processor N95

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