Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

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 E5-2620

Price

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$ 175.64

$ 31.51 slightly less expensive

$ 207.15

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2754 points

2% slightly better overall score

2694 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5105 points

58% significantly better gaming score

3212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2098 points

2534 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2013 points

2503 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.62 points

42% significantly higher Blender score

38.93 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3989 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2793 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points

205% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

459 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4043 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1902 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1429 points

266% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

390 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

75% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

56% significantly higher turbo speed

2.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

4% slightly lower TDP

95 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

384 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

578th of 1,089

591st 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 E5-2620 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6600K is faster than the Xeon E5-2620. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2620 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2620 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 significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Core i5-6600K has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2620 CPU because of its slightly 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.