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Is the Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA 1151
Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.1 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 35 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz, Intel Core i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 63.44
Overall Rank:
2153rd fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
2003rd fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
602nd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $75.00 USD (2025-04-14)
| Integer Math | 12,199 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 10,511 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 7,928 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,428 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 63,516 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 388 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,570 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,775 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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 | $75.00 USD | Buy Now! |
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Dell Refurbished 3040 Micro Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$256.19 (www.amazon.com)
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Lenovo Refurbished M900 Tiny Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 8GB, 240GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$276.55 (www.amazon.com)
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Lenovo Refurbished M900 Tiny Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$276.55 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell Refurbished 3040 Micro Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 16GB, 256GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$262.39 (www.amazon.com)
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Lenovo Refurbished M900 Tiny Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 16GB, 240GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$288.24 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,652 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,297 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,014 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,143 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,487 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,164 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,704 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,655 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 4,758 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.09 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.84 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.56 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 146.63 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 142.65 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 131.36 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 63.44 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.22 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,901 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 1,775 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2708032 - Jun 19 2025 | 5067 | |
| BL2707440 - Jun 19 2025 | 5204 | |
| BL2705199 - Jun 18 2025 | 5175 | |
| BL2704483 - Jun 18 2025 | 5014 | |
| BL2704475 - Jun 18 2025 | 3780 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 4,758 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,610 (+17.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,170 (+8.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-5675C @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,689 (+19.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6402P @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,358 (+12.6%) | |
| Intel Core i3-6098P @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 3,981 (-16.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,911 (+3.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,239 (+10.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,785 (+0.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7400T @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,723 (-0.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,656 (-2.1%) | |
| AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,623 (-2.8%) | |
| AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,454 (-6.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,448 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,149 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,300 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,841 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,484 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,809 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,804 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,640 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,529 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 571 |
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