Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core2 Duo E7500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  6 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-7500 No

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 2.93 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.60 GHz No
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E7500 and Intel Core i5-6500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-6500 and Intel Core2 Duo E7500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 80 °C

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) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Skylake S Wolfdale
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2009