Intel Core i5-6600K: specs and benchmarks - Technical City

Intel started Intel Core i5-6600K sales 2 July 2015 at a recommended price of $242. This is Skylake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office ... Home> Processors> Corei5-6600K IntelCorei5-6600K:specsandbenchmarks Choose...Buy Buy Compare VS Choose... Pricenow 143$ Gamessupported 91% Intel Corei5-6600K Buy Interface Coreclockspeed Maxvideomemory Memorytype Memoryclockspeed Maximumresolution Yearofrelease 2015 Performance 5.80 Summary IntelstartedIntelCorei5-6600Ksales2July2015atarecommendedpriceof$242.ThisisSkylakearchitecturedesktopprocessorprimarilyaimedatofficesystems.Ithas4coresand4threads,andisbasedon14nmmanufacturingtechnology,withamaxturbofrequencyof3900MHzandanunlockedmultiplier. Compatibility-wise,thisisFCLGA1151processorwithaTDPof91Wattandamaximumtemperatureof72°C.ItsupportsDDR3,DDR4memory. Itprovidespoorbenchmarkperformanceat 5.80% ofaleader'swhichisAMDRyzenThreadripperPRO5995WX. Corei5 6600K vs RyzenThreadripper PRO5995WX Generalinfo OfCorei5-6600Kprocessormarkettype(desktopornotebook),architecture,salesstarttimeandpricing. Placeinperformancerating954Valueformoney7.60MarketsegmentDesktopprocessorSeriesIntelCorei5(Desktop)ArchitecturecodenameSkylake(2015−2016)Releasedate2July2015(6yearsago)Launchprice(MSRP)$242of305(Corei7-870)Pricenow$143(0.6xMSRP)of14999(XeonPlatinum9282) Valueformoney Togettheindexwecomparethecharacteristicsoftheprocessorsandtheircost,takingintoaccountthecostofotherprocessors. 0 50 100 Technicalspecs Basicmicroprocessorparameterssuchasnumberofcores,numberofthreads,basefrequencyandturboboostclock,lithography,cachesizeandmultiplierlockstate.TheseparameterscangenerallyindicateCPUperformance,buttobemorepreciseyouhavetoreviewitstestresults. Physicalcores4(Quad-Core)Threads4Baseclockspeed3.5GHzof4.7(FX-9590)Boostclockspeed3.9GHzof5.5(Corei9-12900KS)L1cache64K(percore)of1536(EPYCEmbedded3401)L2cache256K(percore)of12288(Core2QuadQ9550)L3cache6MB(shared)of32(RyzenThreadripper1998)Chiplithography14nmof5(AppleM1)Diesize122mm2Maximumcoretemperature64°Cof110(Atomx7-E3950)Maximumcasetemperature(TCase)72°Cof105(Corei7-5950HQ)64bitsupport+Windows11compatibility-Unlockedmultiplier+ Compatibility InformationonCorei5-6600Kcompatibilitywithothercomputercomponentsanddevices:motherboard(lookforsockettype),powersupplyunit(lookforpowerconsumption)etc.Usefulwhenplanningafuturecomputerconfigurationorupgradinganexistingone. NotethatpowerconsumptionofsomeprocessorscanwellexceedtheirnominalTDP,evenwithoutoverclocking.SomecanevendoubletheirdeclaredthermalsgiventhatthemotherboardallowstotunetheCPUpowerparameters. NumberofCPUsinaconfiguration1of8(Opteron842)SocketFCLGA1151Thermaldesignpower(TDP)91Wattof400(XeonPlatinum9282) Technologiesandextensions TechnologicalcapabilitiesandadditionalinstructionssupportedbyCorei5-6600K.You'llprobablyneedthisinformationifyourequiresomeparticulartechnology. InstructionsetextensionsIntel®SSE4.1,Intel®SSE4.2,Intel®AVX2AES-NI+AVX+vPro+EnhancedSpeedStep(EIST)+TurboBoostTechnology2.0Hyper-ThreadingTechnology-TSX+IdleStates+ThermalMonitoring+SIPP- Securitytechnologies Processortechnologiesaimedatimprovingsecurity,forexample,byprotectingagainsthacks. TXT-EDB+SecureKey+MPX+IdentityProtection+SGXYeswithIntel®MEOSGuard+ Virtualizationtechnologies Supportedvirtualmachineoptimizationtechnologies.SomearespecifictoIntelonly,sometoAMD. AMD-V+VT-d+VT-x+EPT+ Memoryspecs Types,maximumamountandchannelnumberofRAMsupportedbyCorei5-6600K'smemorycontroller.Dependingonthemotherboard,highermemoryfrequencymaybesupported. SupportedmemorytypesDDR3,DDR4of4800(Ryzen96980HX)Maximummemorysize64GBof786(XeonE5-2670v3)Maxmemorychannels2of12(XeonPlatinum9221)Maximummemorybandwidth34.1GB/sof281.6(XeonPlatinum9221)ECCmemorysupport- Graphicsspecifications GeneralparametersofGPUintegratedintoCorei5-6600K. IntegratedgraphicscardIntelHDGraphics530Maxvideomemory64GBQuickSyncVideo+ClearVideo+ClearVideoHD+Graphicsmaxfrequency1.15GHzInTru3D+ Graphicsinterfaces AvailableinterfacesandconnectionsofCorei5-6600K'sintegratedGPU. Numberofdisplayssupported3eDP+DisplayPort+HDMI+DVI+ Graphicsimagequality MaximumdisplayresolutionssupportedbyCorei5-6600K'sintegratedGPU,includingresolutionsoverdifferentinterfaces. 4Kresolutionsupport+MaxresolutionoverHDMI1.44096x2304@24HzMaxresolutionovereDP4096x2304@60HzMaxresolutionoverDisplayPort4096x2304@60HzMaxresolutionoverVGAN/A GraphicsAPIsupport APIssupportedbyCorei5-6600K'sintegratedGPU,sometimesAPIversionsareincluded. DirectX12OpenGL4.5 Peripherals Specificationsandconnectiontypesofsupportedperipherals. PCIeversion3.0PCIExpresslanes16of128(EPYC7551P) Benchmarkperformance Single-coreandmulti-corebenchmarkresultsofCorei5-6600K.Overallbenchmarkperformanceismeasuredinpointsin0-100range,higherisbetter. Overallscore Thisisourcombinedbenchmarkperformancerating.Weareregularlyimprovingourcombiningalgorithms,butifyoufindsomeperceivedinconsistencies,feelfreetospeakupincommentssection,weusuallyfixproblemsquickly. i5-6600K 5.80 Cinebench1032-bitsingle-core 3DMark06CPU WinRAR4.0 Geekbench332-bitmulti-core Geekbench332-bitsingle-core TrueCryptAES x264encodingpass2 x264encodingpass1 Cinebench1564-bitmulti-core Cinebench1564-bitsingle-core Cinebench11.564-bitmulti-core Cinebench11.564-bitsingle-core Cinebench1032-bitmulti-core Passmark 3DMarkFireStrikePhysics GeekBench5Single-Core GeekBench5Multi-Core Cinebench1032-bitsingle-coreCinebenchR10 isanancientraytracing benchmarkforprocessorsbyMaxon,authorsofCinema4D.ItssinglecoreversionusesjustoneCPUthreadtorenderafuturisticlookingmotorcycle. i5-6600K 6188 3DMark06CPU3DMark06isadiscontinuedDirectX9benchmarksuitefromFuturemark.ItsCPUpartcontainstwoscenarios,onededicatedto artificialintelligencepathfinding,anothertogamephysicsusingPhysXpackage. i5-6600K 7413 WinRAR4.0WinRAR4.0isanoutdatedversionofapopularfilearchiver.Itcontainsaninternalspeedtest,using'Best'settingofRARcompressiononlargechunksofrandomlygenerateddata.Itsresultsare measuredinkilobytes persecond. i5-6600K 3643 Geekbench332-bitmulti-core i5-6600K 12270 Geekbench332-bitsingle-core i5-6600K 4080 TrueCryptAESTrueCryptisadiscontinuedpieceofsoftwarethatwas widelyusedforon-the-fly-encryptionofdiskpartitions,nowsupersededbyVeraCrypt.Itcontains severalembeddedperformancetests,oneofthembeingTrueCryptAES,whichmeasures dataencryptionspeedusingAESalgorithm.Resultisencryptionspeedingigabytespersecond. i5-6600K 3.2 x264encodingpass2x264Pass2 isaslower variantofx264videocompressionthat producesavariablebitrateoutputfile,whichresultsinbetterqualitysincethehigherbitrateisusedwhen itisneededmore.Benchmarkresultisstillmeasuredinframespersecond.   i5-6600K 40 x264encodingpass1x264version4.0isavideoencodingbenchmarkuses MPEG4x264compressionmethod tocompressasampleHD(720p)video.Pass1isafastervariantthat producesaconstantbitrateoutputfile.Itsresultismeasuredinframespersecond,whichmeanshowmanyframesofthesourcevideofilewere encodedpersecond.   i5-6600K 196 Cinebench1564-bitmulti-coreCinebenchRelease15MultiCore(sometimescalledMulti-Thread)isavariantofCinebenchR15whichusesalltheprocessorthreads. i5-6600K 602 Cinebench1564-bitsingle-coreCinebenchR15(standingforRelease15)isabenchmarkmadebyMaxon,authorsofCinema4D.ItwassupersededbylaterversionsofCinebench,whichusemore modernvariantsofCinema4Dengine.TheSingleCoreversion(sometimescalled Single-Thread)onlyusesasingleprocessorthreadtorenderaroomfullofreflectivespheresandlightsources. i5-6600K 166 Cinebench11.564-bitmulti-coreCinebenchRelease11.5MultiCoreisavariantofCinebenchR11.5whichusesalltheprocessorthreads.Amaximumof64threadsis supportedinthisversion. i5-6600K 7 Cinebench11.564-bitsingle-coreCinebenchR11.5 isanoldbenchmarkbyMaxon,authorsofCinema4D.ItwassupersededbylaterversionsofCinebench,whichusemore modernvariantsofCinema4Dengine.TheSingleCoreversion loads asingle threadwithraytracingto renderaglossyroomfullofcrystalspheresandlightsources. i5-6600K 1.88 Cinebench1032-bitmulti-coreCinebenchRelease10MultiCoreisavariantofCinebenchR10 using alltheprocessorthreads.Possiblenumberofthreadsislimitedby16 inthisversion. i5-6600K 21324 PassmarkPassmarkCPUMarkisawidespreadbenchmark,consistingof8differenttypesofworkload,includingintegerandfloatingpointmath,extendedinstructions,compression,encryptionand physicscalculation.Thereisalsooneseparatesingle-threadedscenariomeasuringsingle-coreperformance. i5-6600K 6313 3DMarkFireStrikePhysics i5-6600K 7370 GeekBench5Single-Core i5-6600K 1093 GeekBench5Multi-Core i5-6600K 3593 Mininghashrates CryptocurrencyminingperformanceofCorei5-6600K.Usuallymeasuredinmegahashespersecond. Bitcoin/BTC(SHA256) 47Mh/s   Relativeperfomance OverallCorei5-6600KperformancecomparedtonearestcompetitorsamongdesktopCPUs. IntelCorei7-3770 101.38 AMDRyzen32200GE 101.21 IntelCorei5-7500 100.86 IntelCorei5-6600K 100 IntelCorei7-4790T 99.66 AMDRyzenEmbeddedV1404I 98.97 IntelCorei7-3770S 97.93 AMDequivalent WebelievethatthenearestequivalenttoCorei5-6600KbyAMDisRyzenEmbeddedV1404I,whichisslowerby1%andlowerby13positionsinourrating. Ryzen EmbeddedV1404I Compare HerearesomeclosestAMDrivalstoCorei5-6600K: AMDFX-8120 104.48 AMDRyzen31200 101.55 AMDRyzen32200GE 101.21 IntelCorei5-6600K 100 AMDRyzenEmbeddedV1404I 98.97 AMDFX-8370 96.9 AMDFX-9370 95 Similarprocessors Hereisourrecommendationofseveralprocessorsthataremoreorlesscloseinperformancetotheonereviewed. Corei7 4790T Compare Corei5 7500 Compare Ryzen3 2200GE Compare Ryzen3 1200 Compare Corei7 4770R Compare Corei3 8100 Compare Recommendedgraphicscards ThesegraphicscardsaremostcommonlyusedwithCorei5-6600Kaccordingtoourstatistics. GeForceGTX 10606GB 13.3% GeForceGTX 970 9.4% GeForceGTX 1050Ti 8.6% GeForceGTX 1070 7.1% GeForceGTX 10603GB 5.6% GeForceGTX 960 4.8% GeForceGTX 1050 2.3% RadeonRX 480 1.9% RadeonRX 580 1.8% GeForceGTX 1660Super 1.8% Userrating Hereistheratinggiventothereviewedprocessorbyourusers.Letothersknowyouropinionbyratingityourself. 3.9 368ratings RateIntelCorei5-6600Konascaleof1to5: 12345 Questionsandcomments HereyoucanaskaquestionaboutCorei5-6600K,agreeordisagreewithourjudgements,orreportanerrorormismatch. Graphicssettings low medium high ultra epic Screenresolution 3840x2160 2560x1440 1920x1080 1366x768 FPS Reportanerror Highlightedfragmentwitherror: Indicateexactlywhattheerroris,ifitisnotobvious: Submit Cancel YourFPSdatahasbeensent.Thankyouforhelpingtomaketheservicebetter. Continue