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Intel Processor N100 vs Core i5 6500

27 out of 100
Intel Processor N100
VS
27 out of 100
Intel Core i5 6500
Intel Processor N100
Intel Core i5 6500

We compared two 4-core CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Processor N100 (laptop) against the 3.2 GHz Core i5 6500 (desktop). On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
60.3
(Average)
Value Index
13.2
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6500 and N100
Advantages of Intel Processor N100
  • Newer - released 7 years and 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
Advantages of Intel Core i5 6500
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-2133 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Processor N100
vs
Core i5 6500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Processor N100
2595
Core i5 6500 +36%
3522
File compression 227.3 MB/sec 314.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 12.6 Klines/sec 23 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 65.5 pages/sec 74.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86.6 Mpixels/sec 106.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 144.1 pages/sec 124.9 pages/sec
Background blur 11.6 images/sec 23.4 images/sec
Photo processing 22.6 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.1 Mpixels/sec 3.58 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 677 & 559 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Processor N100
1881
Core i5 6500 +11%
2089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 16 GOps/sec 14.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 12.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 27M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.1M Strings/sec 9.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4 GBytes/sec 1.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 57.1 MBytes/sec 76.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 385 Frames/sec 439 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 2.9B Matrices/sec 6.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4052 & 11940 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Processor N100
34.3
Core i5 6500 +27%
43.64

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.5 PPW 2.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 432.5 PPW 54.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 884.7 PPW 86.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.72 PPW 0.67 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Processor N100 and Core i5 6500

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 September 1, 2015
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Skylake
Model number N100 i5-6500
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (24EU) HD Graphics 530
Successor - Intel Processor N150 - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 4
P-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (P) - 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 3.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 32x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 6 W 65 W
Socket BGA-1264 LGA-1151
Peak Temperature 105°C -
Desktop CPU ranking (#192nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU Boost Clock 750 MHz 1050 MHz
Shading Units 192 -
TMUs 12 -
ROPs 6 -
Execution Units 24 -
TGP 6-10 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Processor N100
0.3 TFLOPS
Core i5 6500
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics Gen 11 (24 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800		 - DDR4-2133
- DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 34.1 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Processor N100 official page Intel Core i5 6500 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 16

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14 (73.7%)
5 (26.3%)
Total votes: 19

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Comments

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