Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2094 points

2754 points

31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

5105 points

27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

2098 points

33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

2013 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

55.62 points

72% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

3989 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

1400 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

4043 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

1429 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.5 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

102% significantly lower TDP

91 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

578th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6440HQ vs Core i5-6600K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6600K is faster than the Core i5-6440HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6440HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6440HQ. Also, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.