Processor Intel Core i7-6560U, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i7-6560U

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Intel Core i7-6560U Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  2.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Graphics 540
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  48
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  9.5 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake U
• Technology
  14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q3/2015
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Intel Core i7-6560U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
  588 place
• Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
  770 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  892 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1029 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  415 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
  362 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  535 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  319 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  534 place
• Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
  961 place
• Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
  260 place