Intel Core i5-6600T vs Intel Core i5-8259U

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 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

2037 points

2416 points

18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3823 points

4204 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1547 points

1922 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1485 points

1847 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

65.05 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3085 points

4030 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1154 points

1206 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3083 points

4117 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1165 points

1241 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.7 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

28 W

25% 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

710th of 1,089

641st of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600T vs Core i5-8259U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8259U beats the Core i5-6600T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6600T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6600T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8259U outputs less heat than Core i5-6600T thanks to a 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 i5-6600T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.