Intel Core i5-6500 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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Intel Core i5-6600K

Price

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$ 103.63

$ 72.01 significantly less expensive

$ 175.64

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2289 points

2754 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

5105 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

2098 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

2013 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2113 points

2595 points

22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

55.62 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

3989 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

1400 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

4043 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

1429 points

18% 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

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

40% slightly 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

Identical

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

Identical

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

Identical

6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd 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

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500 vs Core i5-6600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6600K is faster than the Core i5-6500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 i5-6500. Also, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.