Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core i7-2600K

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-2600K

Price

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$ 435.00

$ 84.99

$ 350.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2712 points

5% slightly better overall score

2571 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5048 points

24% slightly better gaming score

4067 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2059 points

2123 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1975 points

2039 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.82 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

44.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3774 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2292 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1343 points

101% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3832 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2289 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1390 points

109% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

665 points

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

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

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

585th of 1,089

612th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7600 vs Core i7-2600K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7600 beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2600K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2600K. Also, the Core i5-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K 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 i5-7600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.