Core i5-6500

Measured performance for Core i5-6500 across 1 verified WhatFPS runs. Every number is measured in our benchmark suite — not estimated, not self-reported. CPU score (the processor's own performance): 3,750 on average over the best run per rig, best run 3,750 — #79 of 82 measured processors. The best rig we measured it in scored 1,884 GAMING (that number reflects the whole PC, not just Core i5-6500). Most often paired with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

Core i5-6500 across four graphics APIs

  • Earth II (Vulkan): 6.4 FPS
  • Mission to Earth II (DirectX 12): 7.7 FPS
  • Earth II Landing (DirectX 12 Ultimate — base version, the card has no RT hardware): 7.2 FPS
  • Supernova (DirectX 11, draw call storm): 44.1 FPS

Specifications

  • Cores / threads: 4 / 4
  • Base clock: 1,400 MHz
  • Measured peak clock: 3,463 MHz
  • L3 cache: 6 MB
  • L2 cache: 256 KB

Raw values

  • Integer (MT): 1.4 Gop/s
  • Single-thread (1T): 0.38 Gop/s
  • Draw calls/s (DX11): 5,286,054

What the numbers mean

The GAMING score is a geometric mean of GPU (63 %), CPU (30 %), RAM (5 %) and drive (2 %) — a weak part cannot hide behind a strong one. The CPU score is the hardware's own performance and what we rank on. Every run is HMAC-signed in the app and scored on the server. The full methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

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