Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i5-4570

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

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Intel Core i5-4570

Price

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$ 175.64

$ 82.01

$ 93.63 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2754 points

26% slightly better overall score

2177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5105 points

27% slightly better gaming score

4010 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2098 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

1662 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2013 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

1595 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2595 points

2856 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.62 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

42.40 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3989 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2948 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1033 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4043 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3094 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1429 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1112 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

84 W

8% slightly 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

578th of 1,089

687th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600K vs Core i5-4570 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6600K is faster than the Core i5-4570. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4570 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4570. Also, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4570 outputs less heat than Core i5-6600K thanks to a slightly 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 i5-6600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.