Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i7-4770

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 175.64
$ 76.51
$ 99.13 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2754 points
2793 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5105 points
14% slightly better gaming score
4464 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2098 points
2300 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2013 points
2209 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2595 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2366 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.62 points
60.61 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3989 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3652 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1143 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4043 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3812 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1429 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1210 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.40 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

91 W
84 W
8% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

578th of 1,089
571st of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i7

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

No
No

Core i5-6600K vs Core i7-4770 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4770 beats the Core i5-6600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4770 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-4770 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-4770 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. 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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