Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-3770S

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3770S

Price

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$ 98.99

$ 59.03 significantly less expensive

$ 158.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2507 points

2590 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points

8% slightly better gaming score

4291 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1909 points

2091 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1831 points

2007 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

45.01 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3416 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2217 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1249 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

672 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2227 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

657 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

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

Identical

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

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

609th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600 vs Core i7-3770S comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6600 beats the Core i7-3770S in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770S in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3770S has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3770S. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.