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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: 63.47
Overall Rank:
2089th fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
1940th fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
584th fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $75.00 USD (2025-04-14)
| Integer Math | 12,212 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 10,521 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 7,940 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,427 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 63,505 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 389 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,570 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,777 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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 | $75.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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HP Refurbished 800 G2 Mini Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 8GB, M.2/512GB SSD, Win 10 Home |
$272.03 (www.amazon.com)
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HP Refurbished 800 G2 Mini Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 16GB, M.2/512GB SSD, Win 10 Home |
$282.07 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell Refurbished 7040 Micro Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$254.83 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell Refurbished 3040 Micro Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$236.19 (www.amazon.com)
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Dell Refurbished 7040 Micro Intel Core i5-6500T 2.50 GHz, 16GB, M.2/256GB SSD, Win 10 Pro |
$251.25 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,726 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,321 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,047 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,490 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,133 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,868 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,187 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,712 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,644 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,143 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 4,760 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 222.35 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 141.61 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 141.51 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.33 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 63.47 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,142 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,018 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,922 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 1,777 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2560513 - Apr 17 2025 | 5021 | |
| BL2559898 - Apr 17 2025 | 3439 | |
| BL2558969 - Apr 16 2025 | 5094 | |
| BL2555949 - Apr 15 2025 | 4855 | |
| BL2555763 - Apr 15 2025 | 4990 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 4,760 | |
| Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,126 (-13.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-5675C @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,714 (+20.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6402P @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,366 (+12.7%) | |
| Intel Core i3-6098P @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,011 (-15.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,903 (+3.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 5,112 (+7.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,940 (+3.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,790 (+0.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7400T @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,712 (-1.0%) | |
| AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,621 (-2.9%) | |
| AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,453 (-6.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6500T | 4,297 (-9.7%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,499 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,176 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,330 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,846 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,598 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,514 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,294 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,817 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,689 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,521 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,434 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,365 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500T @ 2.50GHz | 572 |
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