Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th 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

2507 points

2% slightly better overall score

2436 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points

27% slightly better gaming score

3645 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1909 points

2073 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1831 points

2006 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points

58.56 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3416 points

3618 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1249 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1163 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points

3733 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.1 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

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

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

626th of 1,089

640th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600 vs Core i5-8279U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6600 beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8279U 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.

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 i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.