Core i5-6600K vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 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 Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6600K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600K. The Ryzen 5 5500 also has significantly more L3 cache.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. 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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