Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Price

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$ 98.99

$ 698.01 significantly less expensive

$ 797.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2507 points

2515 points

0.32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points

0.04% slightly better gaming score

4643 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1909 points

1920 points

0.58% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1831 points

1844 points

0.71% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.76 points

260.30 points

445% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3562 points

9626 points

170% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

1351 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

700% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 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

130% significantly lower TDP

150 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

626th of 1,089

625th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6600 vs Xeon Gold 6226R specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6600 is faster than the Xeon Gold 6226R. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6226R in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6226R has significantly more cores with 16 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6226R. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-6600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6226R CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.