Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i5-6600

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

1700 points
2507 points
47% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points
4645 points
44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points
1909 points
48% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points
1831 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points
47.76 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points
3416 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points
1249 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points
3562 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points
1297 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.3 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
3.9 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089
626th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-6500T vs Core i5-6600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6600 beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500T. Also, the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6600 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 i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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