Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Core i5-6600 vs Core i3-1220P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1220P performs better than the Core i5-6600. Despite this, the Core i5-6600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-6600 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. Despite this, the Core i3-1220P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1220P outputs less heat than Core i5-6600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600. The Core i3-1220P also has significantly more 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 i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.