Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Core i5-6600K vs Core i7-5930K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5930K beats the Core i5-6600K in overall performance. 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 i7-5930K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6600K. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600K. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-6600K and Core i7-5930K are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5930K CPU because of its significantly 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.