Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 2016, Core i5-6500T, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Black
CPU Intel Core i5 6500T
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 10 Home
36 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average storage (13th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5 6500T |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.5 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 6 |
| HDMI | ✓ |
| DisplayPort | 2x DisplayPort |
| Wi-Fi | ✓ |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 | HP Elite Mini 800 G9 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | Dell Optiplex 3060 | MSI Cubi NUC 1MG-295US | ASUS NUC 15 Pro RNUC15CRKU50000U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5 6500T | Intel Core i7 14700 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core i5-8500 | Intel Core 3 100U | Intel Core Ultra 5 225H |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 96 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 1024 | 2048 | 500 | 96 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Intel UHD 770 Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M | AMD Radeon RX 550 | Intel Graphics | Intel Arc 130T |
| Form Factor | mini | mini | mini | sff | mini | mini |
| Psu W | - | 120 | 120 | - | 120 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 10 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | No OS |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 | 8.6 | 21 | 9.2 | 44.5 | 12.9 | 70 | 22.3 |
| HP Elite Mini 800 G9 Compare | 82.6 | 45 | 46.1 | 58.8 | 69 | 70 | 87.9 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.2 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 65.3 | 53.6 | 11.6 | 94.3 |
| Dell Optiplex 3060 Compare | 29.8 | 50.6 | 58.9 | 57.3 | 82.8 | 70 | 93.3 |
| MSI Cubi NUC 1MG-295US Compare | 36.5 | 35.6 | 51.4 | 76.4 | 35.9 | 37.3 | 96.4 |
| ASUS NUC 15 Pro RNUC15CRKU50000U Compare | 64.4 | 64.1 | 99.2 | 76.4 | 4.4 | 37.3 | 12.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall35.9
- AI/LLM9.2
- Gaming6.1
- Portability46.4
- Creator11.3
- Business41.7
- Developer24.6
- Home Office36.1
- Workstation23
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Other Configurations8
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