The 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6500U is a higher-end processor you can commonly find in premium-class mainstream laptops. In Intel’s lineup, the dual-core 2.5-3.1 GHz chip is a step up from the mid-range dual-core Intel Core i3 and i5. On the other side, it’s still far below the quad-core i7 in terms of performance and benchmark results.Intel Core i7-6500U PassMark CPU BenchmarkA fact in favor of the i7-6500U is that it uses far less battery power and runs cooler than the quad-core counterparts.
BACKGROUND: Deoxygenated sickle hemoglobin (HbS) polymerization drives the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease. Voxelotor is an HbS polymerization inhibitor. METHODS: In a multicenter, phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we compared the efficacy and safety of two dose levels of voxelotor (1500 mg and 900 mg, administered orally once daily) with placebo in persons with sickle cell disease. American journal of surgery. Therefore, direct inhibition of HbS polymerization has potential to favorably modify disease outcomes.
It consumes 15 Watts, just like the dual-core i3 and i5, whereas the quad-core i7 consumes 45W. Therefore, the dual-core i7 is more suitable for thin notebooks with long lasting battery lives, while still offering great performance for the day-to-day tasks and advanced photo and video editing stuff.In comparison to its precursor, the 5th Gen “Broadwell” i7-5500U, the 6th Gen “Skylake” i7-6500U doesn’t bring a significant performance boost, but rather various tweaks for a greater power efficiency and smoother high-resolution video playback with emphasis on 4K content.The i7-6500U incorporates the integrated graphics, with a bit better performance than the older HD 5500.
Still, it is just a basic integrated GPU which can run only light games and select demanding titles at lowest graphics detail settings.You can check out laptops with the i7-6500U. Specifications of the Intel Core i7-6500UHere's the specs sheet of the Intel Core i7-6500U:Processor NameIntel Core i7-6500UCPU Family6th Generation Intel Core 'Skylake'Number of CoresDual-core / 2 threads per coreCPU Clock Speed2.5-3.1GHzCache Size4MBMemory SupportDDR3 1600MHzDDR3 1866MHzDDR4 2133MHzIntegrated GraphicsIntel HD 520Power Consumption15WProduction Technology14-nanometerTypical UseMainstream laptops & 2-in-1 PCsTechnologiesIntel HyperThreadingIntel QuickSyncIntel TurboBoostVT-d virtualizationVT-x virtualizationUser Benchmark Average CPU Score47.6.
10AK-90329-ASUS-Q551LNote: This is used and does not have OEM screws which create the bottom of laptop to not seal properly and has minor scratches and dents. (Please see photos for details)This Asus is a sleek and powerful 6th generation i7 processor, 12GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid state hard drive.
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Whether you’re building your next PC or shopping for a new computer online, one of the questions that comes up from time to time is whether the Intel Core i5 or Core i7 is a better bargain. The short answer, “It depends,” isn’t all that helpful, so we’ve broken the data out in more detail and for both mobile and desktop processors. Desktop Core i5 vs. Core i7Intel’s October 2017 update to the Core i5 and Core i7 were the first major shift in core counts since Sandy Bridge in 2011. For the past six years, Intel’s Core i5 family has offered four cores without Hyper-Threading, and the Core i7 family offered four cores with Hyper-Threading.
Hyper-Threading allows two simultaneous “virtual” cores for each physical core and shares the workload between them. Intel’s new 8th-gen processor lineupIntel’s eighth-generation CPUs are generally more expensive than the CPUs they replace, though this varies somewhat. The overall price of CPUs in these segments has still come down on a per-core basis, and the performance boost from the additional cores is often worth it. If you aren’t sure what generation of Intel CPU you have, the first digit of the four-digit model code is the model number.
If you have a Core i7-2600K, the “2” means this CPU is a second-generation Core i7 CPU, aka Sandy Bridge.Intel’s decision to boost core counts across all three desktop CPU segments–the Core i3 also gets two cores and loses Hyper-Threading for a 4C/4T configuration–makes this an attractive time to buy. How much benefit you’ll see from upgrading depends to some extent on how much multi-threading your typical games or applications use and how old your current chip is. While there are still some single or dual-core applications out there, Windows is designed to spread multiple single-threaded workloads across multiple cores. A dual-core and quad-core application running at the same time will scale much better on the new Core i5 as opposed to the older variants.
If all you care about is gaming and you don’t run any other workloads outside the game, an eighth-generation Core i5 won’t deliver much in the way of near-term benefits compared to the recent quad-core chips. Games don’t typically scale very much past four cores (4C/4T, as opposed to 2C/4T), though the newer DirectX 12 API could make gaming more multi-core friendly in the long term.
If you’re a gamer on a 6th-or-7th-generation Core i5, an 8th-generation chip probably won’t improve your game performance much at the moment. If you’re going to upgrade no matter what, we’d recommend a newer, six-core i5 over the older quad-core variant. While I don’t generally recommend trying to a system–it’s often not worth the premium you pay–CPUs now last long enough to make buying a core with an eye towards the future a reasonable decision. Intel’s new boxed packaging for the Core i3, i5, and i7 processors.The 8th-generation Core i5 is a strong option for anyone who needs to balance multi-threaded performance, clock speed, and price. It won’t match the Core i7 in 3D rendering tests, video editing, or video encoding, but it’ll be just as fast as an equivalently-clocked Core i7 in games or in lightly threaded applications like Photoshop.
Having six cores gives you some leg room if newer games begin taking better advantage of multi-threading. Alternately, it should also make it easier to stream and game on the same system, though I’d recommend consulting a separate guide that tests this use-case specifically before deciding on an 8th-generation i5 versus an i7. The 8th-gen Core i7’s six cores and 12 threads are great for buyers who can take advantage of them. While Intel has been selling six-core CPUs for years, previous six-core chips were more expensive than the Core i7-8700K’s $359 MSRP, required generally more expensive motherboards, and required end-users to trade clock speed for core counts. It’s important, however, to make certain your applications can take advantage of all six cores and 12 threads before pulling the trigger on an 8700K. What About Six-Core HEDT Customers?Intel’s High End DeskTop market segment is, as the name suggests, Intel’s highest-end official desktop segment.
These chips typically don’t support as much RAM as their Xeon counterparts and may lack other features like ECC RAM compatibility, but they historically offer more cores and threads than Intel’s mainstream Core i7s. For simplicity’s sake, we’re only comparing six-core HEDT processors against the Core i7-8700K. While Intel has previously sold HEDT CPUs with 8-10 CPU cores, we can’t make a simple rule of thumb for when an older HEDT CPU with a higher core count would be superior to the narrower, faster, Core i7-8700K.If you’re using an early HEDT model, like the Core i7-3930K or Core i7-4930K, the 8700K will definitely be a step up. Both of those CPUs had all-core turbo clocks that were well below the Core i7-8700K’s 4.3GHz all-core frequency, and they used older, less-efficient architectures. Between the 8th-generation Core i7’s higher clock speed and higher efficiency, you can reasonably expect to see a 1.2x to 1.4x performance improvement depending on the workload, how high your previous CPU boosted under full load, and whether your applications take advantage of SIMD instruction sets like AVX2.
Memory bandwidth-sensitive applications should also see a significant boost from the transition from DDR3-1600 to DDR4-2666. The age of your current HEDT system will matter significantly; customers with a 7800X or 6800K probably won’t see a benefit, while those with systems from the Ivy Bridge era or earlier will see significant, though not earth-shattering improvements. If you’re one of the relative handful of customers using Intel’s first-generation six-core architecture, codenamed Westmere, you should definitely see a major performance boost from upgrading to the 8700K. Intel’s highest-end Westmere CPUs had full-core boosts below 3.7GHz in all cases and the old Nehalem architecture was markedly less efficient than Intel’s second-generation architecture, Sandy Bridge.
Westmere also lacked support for capabilities like AVX and AVX2. The Core i7-8700K is clocked 1.3x higher than the old Core i7-980 and should offer at least 1.15x higher performance from architectural improvements alone. A 1.45x to 1.6x performance improvement from Westmere to Coffee Lake wouldn’t surprise us.
Putting It All TogetherIntel’s decision to introduce higher core counts across its entire product stack means there’s some theoretical benefit to upgrading, even if you own a 7th generation CPU already. For practical purposes, however, we’re going to assume that most customers with a 6th-generation or 7th-generation CPU aren’t interested in buying a new motherboard and CPU so soon after their last update. Mobile Processors (8th Generation)Up until August 2017, Intel’s mobile products were mostly dual cores across the entire Core i3 / i5 / i7 product stack. There were a handful of quad-core parts in the Core i7 family, but most of Intel’s mobile chips were 2C/4T configurations, with quad-core chips reserved for 45W TDPs and above. As of now, Intel offers a handful of quad-core Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs.
One major difference between these Core i5 chips and Intel’s entire previous lineup of Core i5 mobile processors is that the Core i5-8250U and Core i5-8350U do support Hyper-Threading. The Core i7 8650U and Core i7-8550U are also quad-core / eight-thread designs. Click to enlargeUnfortunately, reviews of laptops that actually use these chips are still pretty few and far between, and Intel gives laptop manufacturers more leeway to specify their own desired operating temperatures and thermal limits in ways that can introduce substantial variation between different machines that ostensibly use the same processor. The early data on these chips suggests that they’re faster than the old dual-core variants, despite having much lower base clock speeds to compensate for the increased core and thread count, but no one has yet written a major review of any 8th-generation mobile system. None of the mobile CPUs announced thus far offer the onboard EDRAM cache that significantly improves Intel’s onboard graphics performance, either, while there are multiple 7th-generation SKUs that do. Mobile Core i5 vs. Mobile Core i7 (7th Generation and Previous)Mobile users have three distinct choices to make, which clouds the issue a bit.
There are previous-generation Core M chips as well as Core i7 and i5 processors. The Core M chips are limited to the m3 family–Intel has taken what used to be a distinct brand and folded it into the Core i7 and Core i5 families instead. This creates situations like the one shown below.
These two chips look similar, with the same cache, almost the same clock speed, and similar GPUs–but they have different operating TDPs and hence offer different user experiences. Exactly how different isn’t something we can speak to without test hardware, but past systems showed marked variation depending on OEM design and thermal limits. Core M launched in 2014 but never sold particularly well–OEMs often saddle the processors with aggressive high-resolution displays and extremely thin chassis, leading to mediocre battery life.The Core i5 is in a similar situation. If you’re looking at the Core M-branded Core i5, we strongly recommend doing your homework and checking reviews of specific systems. Core M systems can deliver better battery life than their i5/i7 counterparts, but this will depend on the specifics of the manufacturer.
Remember, high-resolution screens and ultra-thin systems with limited battery life will cost you just as much in power savings as you can get with a lower-TDP CPU–possibly more these days, since high-end chips account for a decreasing amount of power consumption.The other major difference we want to discuss is the gap between 7th generation Core i7 and i5 core counts on mobile. Prior to Skylake (6th gen), almost all Intel chips on mobile were dual-core below the Core i7 level. There are a few 6th and 7th generation Core i5 mobile parts that offer quad cores without Hyper-Threading support, as shown below. The difference between these three cores is that one of them supports Intel’s Iris Pro Graphics, while the other two are Intel HD Graphics-only. The Iris Pro 580 is Intel’s only EDRAM-equipped 128MB Core i5. If you want a mobile processor with top-end graphics and a quad-core CPU, this is the Core i5 you want to purchase.Outside of these three cores, the general rule does still follow.
Most mobile Core i5 and all Core i3 processors are dual-core with Hyper-Threading. Here are the features that separate mobile Core i5 and Core i7 processors in 7th generation processors and below.
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More cores: Many of Intel’s Core i7 processors are quad-core chips with Hyper-Threading enabled. This isn’t universal, however, and the company does offer a few dual-core + Hyper-Threading SKUs.Higher clocks: Intel’s dual-core mobile Core i7 chips typically have higher clock speeds than their Core i5 counterparts, even at the same TDP.More cache: Core i7 chips carry either 6MB or 4MB of cache.
Core i5 chips run the gamut here. Older chips (pre-Broadwell) often carry 3MB, while Skylake and Kaby Lake chips are sometimes 4-6MB. The extra cache has only a small impact on performance.
More addressable memory: Many older mobile Core i7 and i5 processors are limited to 16GB of memory, but there are Skylake (6th-gen) chips that support 32GB and even 64GB on some late Core i5 / i7 models. 16GB of RAM is fine for the vast majority of users. But if you think you might need more, check what your CPU is capable of at.How much performance you get out of a mobile Core i5 versus a Core i7 will depend a great deal on your laptop’s cooling solution and whether the chip can handle its own heat output. We’ve previously discussed how Intel gave OEMs more freedom to define their own TDP targets and skin temperatures. But this creates scenarios in which, as the chip hits its thermal trip point and down-throttles to keep cool. Intel’s highest-end Iris Pro graphics are available in both Core i5 and Core i7 mobile SKUsWe can’t point to specific instances where this has tilted performance between Core i5 and Core i7 chips, but it’s likely to create at least a little “slosh” between the two core families.
Generally speaking, if you truly want to emphasize low power, pick the CPU that has lower base and turbo clocks. Intel historically defined TDP as “The CPU’s average power consumption when running typical workloads over a period of time.” A chip with more headroom is a chip that’ll hit its throttle point faster. Which CPU Should You Buy?If you’re looking at the mobile market, we’d recommend a newer 8th Gen quad core over a dual-core CPU.
If you’re in the market for a desktop chip, on the other hand, the decision is fairly straightforward. Gamers and enthusiasts who want to balance high core counts and frequencies with a price below $300 should find the new Core i5 chips right up their alley. Only those looking for budget workstation performance or similarly demanding applications will benefit from the Core i7-8700K, but these workloads will be faster on Intel’s 8th-generation Coffee Lake than on any previous part. HEDT customers with older Westmere-era hardware should benefit a great deal from these improvements.Now Read:, andCheck out our series for more in-depth coverage of today’s hottest tech topics.
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