Average Bench: 34.1% (1215th of 1441)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Device: 0F8BFBFF000506E3 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz
Poor: 29%Average: 34.1% Great: 36%
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

Popular builds with this CPU

Poor average bench

The Intel Core i5-6500T averaged 65.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 51.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 54.2Pts

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this CPU perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 103Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 110Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Min Avg Max
29.9 Memory 51.5 60
29.6 1-Core 54.2 79.9
59.5 2-Core 75.2 88
38% 60.3 Pts
Min Avg Max
59.6 4-Core 95.8 151
48.2 8-Core 110 214
13.4% 103 Pts
Min Avg Max
41.7 64-Core 103 200
6.4% 103 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Memory 58
1-Core 52.4
2-Core 88
41% 66.1 Pts
4-Core 88.4
8-Core 89.8
12% 89.1 Pts
64-Core 82.5
5% 82.5 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Memory 58.1
1-Core 54.8
2-Core 71
40% 61.3 Pts
4-Core 84
8-Core 87.6
11% 85.8 Pts
64-Core 88.1
6% 88.1 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Memory 60
1-Core 79.9
2-Core 82.3
47% 74.1 Pts
4-Core 59.6
8-Core 48.2
8% 53.9 Pts
64-Core 41.7
3% 41.7 Pts
, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Memory 29.9
1-Core 29.6
2-Core 59.5
23% 39.7 Pts
4-Core 151
8-Core 214
23% 182 Pts
64-Core 200
12% 200 Pts

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,817,006 CPUs tested

Typical Core i5-6500T Builds (Compare 24,302 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 36%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Disqualified System: bin bin

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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