Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 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

2754 points
6478 points
135% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5105 points
8783 points
72% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2098 points
5800 points
176% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2013 points
5655 points
180% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2595 points
6443 points
148% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.62 points
166.36 points
199% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.7 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
9 MiB
800% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
18 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

578th of 1,089
222nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-6600K vs Core i5-13500H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500H is faster than the Core i5-6600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6600K. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600K. The Core i5-13500H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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