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. 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.