| Attribute |
Intel Core i7-6650U × |
Intel Core i7-6560U × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | Intel | Intel |
| Series | Intel Core i7 | Intel Core i7 |
| Model | Intel Core i7-6650U | Intel Core i7-6560U |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 2 | 2 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| CPU Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | + |
| Overclocking | - | - |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Turbo (2 Cores) (GHz) | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | No |
| VP8 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode | Decode |
| VP9 | No | No |
| AVC | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| Internal Graphics | | |
| GPU name | Intel Iris Graphics 540 | Intel Iris Graphics 540 |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| GPU (Turbo) (GHz) | 1.05 | 1.05 |
| Generation | 9 | 9 |
| DirectX Version | 12 | 12 |
| Execution units | 48 | 48 |
| Shader | 384 | 384 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 32 | 32 |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2015 | 2015 |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Memory type | DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 | DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 32 | 32 |
| PCIe lanes | 12 | 12 |
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2015 | 2015 |
| Technology (Nm) | 14 | 14 |
| Socket | BGA 1356 | BGA 1356 |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 4 | 4 |
| Architecture | Skylake-U | Skylake-U |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| Temp junction max (°C) | 100 | 100 |
| TDP down (W) | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 15 | 15 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 806 | 806 |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 4,320 | 4,030 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 794 | 726 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 1,846 | 1,708 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 144 | 135 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 300 | 280 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1.63 | 1.54 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 3.3 | 3.07 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 3,589 | 3,381 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 6,422 | 5,991 |