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

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2754 points

5% slightly better overall score

2614 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5105 points

20% slightly better gaming score

4222 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2098 points

2140 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2013 points

2055 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.62 points

66.55 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3989 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3214 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1052 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4043 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3647 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1429 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1178 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

3.5 GHz

12% 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

91 W

65 W

40% 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

606th 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

Core i5-6600K vs Core i7-4770S specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6600K is faster than the Core i7-4770S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770S in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4770S has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770S. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-4770S 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.

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.