Intel Core i7 6500U vs AMD EPYC Embedded 2875
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Dec 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Skylake
Grado
Processor Number
i7-6500U
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Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Radeon Graphics
Generation
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EPYC (Zen 5 (Grado))
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
16.63 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
AMD Socket FL1
Power Consumption
15 W
75 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
I/O Die Size
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122 mm²
Package
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FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
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Performance Core Threads
4
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
2
16
Total Thread Count
4
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
64 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
Multiplier
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30.0
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
32 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
12
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
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Cinebench R23
2,072
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Geekbench 6
1,027
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Geekbench 5
742
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Geekbench 6
2,074
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Geekbench 5
1,655
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Blender
22
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Passmark CPU
1,695
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Passmark CPU
3,261
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.