Dell Optiplex 5050 2016, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 1TB SSD, Black
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1 TB
Form Factor mid-tower
OS Windows 10 Pro
45 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
- Below average ram (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 0 |
| USB Ports | 10 |
| HDMI | ✓ |
| Bluetooth | ✓ |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Optiplex 5050 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | HP OmniDesk M02-0234 | MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US | iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601 | Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | Intel Core i7 14700F | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 96 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 1536 | 3072 | 1024 | 2048 |
| GPU | - | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | AMD Radeon 780M | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | Intel Arc Graphics |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | sff | mini-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | aio |
| Psu W | - | - | 280 | 650 | 600 | 170 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Optiplex 5050 | 14.7 | 21 | 31.6 | 59.9 | 53.6 | 70 | 62.7 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 | 86.2 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare | 71.9 | 63.1 | 51.4 | 94.7 | 79.9 | 70 | 98.2 |
| MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US Compare | 69.7 | 78.2 | 56.7 | 90.5 | 96.5 | 37.3 | 99.9 |
| iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601 Compare | 84.6 | 73.9 | 78.1 | 95.7 | 69 | 27.2 | 99.1 |
| Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare | 70.4 | 58.7 | 57.7 | 60.7 | 82.8 | 70 | 98.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall45.3
- AI/LLM15.8
- Gaming9
- Portability27
- Creator16.4
- Business48.1
- Developer38.4
- Home Office46.9
- Workstation34
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