Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-11700K

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-11700K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700K beats the Core i5-6600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6600. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-11700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-6600. The Core i7-11700K 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.