Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Xeon E5-1650

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1650

Price

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$ 175.64

$ 66.00

$ 109.64 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2754 points

3446 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5105 points

8% slightly better gaming score

4699 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2098 points

3046 points

45% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2013 points

2950 points

46% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.62 points

0.64% slightly higher Blender score

55.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3989 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3081 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points

118% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

640 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4043 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2889 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1429 points

140% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

595 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

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

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

42% much lower TDP

130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

256 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

578th of 1,089

490th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6600K vs Xeon E5-1650 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1650 is faster than the Core i5-6600K. Despite this, the Core i5-6600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-1650 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-6600K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-1650. Also, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 CPU because of its much lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.