Intel Processor N97 vs Intel Core i5-6400T. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 Intel Core i 6000
• Family
  Intel Processor N Intel Core i5
• Generation
  13 6
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i5-7400T

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 2.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Gracemont -
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.4 GHz 2.5 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 24
• Generation
  12 9
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) Intel HD Graphics 530
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q3/2015
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-6400T and Intel Processor N97. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  38.4 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800 DDR3-1600DDR4-2133
• PCIe
  3.0 x 9 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Processor N97 and Intel Core i5-6400T Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  12 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Processor N97 and Intel Core i5-6400T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Skylake S
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 6 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q3/2015
• Socket
  BGA LGA 1151
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d