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Intel Core i7-6500U (Skylake-U)

Intel · Intel Core i7-6500U (Skylake-U)

Intel Core i7-6500U (Skylake-U) processor reference with normalized architecture, compute, clocks, cache, memory, PCIe, power, and platform specifications.

Cores / threads: 2 / 4
Max boost: 3.10 GHz
Socket: BGA1356
Default TDP: 15 W

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Technical data

Specifications

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Overview

Manufacturer	Intel
Launch date	2015-09-01
Market segment	laptop

Architecture

Architecture	Skylake-U
CPU process	Intel 14nm

Compute

Cores	2
Threads	4

Clocks

Base clock	2.50 GHz
Maximum boost clock	3.10 GHz

Cache

L3 cache	4 MB

Memory

Memory support	DDR4-2133. LPDDR3-1866. DDR3L-1600
Memory channels	2

PCIe / I/O

PCI Express	PCIe 3.0

Integrated Graphics

Integrated graphics	Intel HD Graphics 520

Power

Default TDP	15 W

Platform

Socket	BGA1356

Sources

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