Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2015
Intel Core i7-6700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    143%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    118%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    158%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700K

18% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 58% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.
Around 43% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i7-6700K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0
HTT

Architecture

Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i7-6700K
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylakevsSkylake
Release DateJul 2015vsAug 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i7-6700K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsHD Graphics 530

Cache

Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i7-6700K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i7-6700K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size177mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i7-6700K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4830 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    22264 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10602
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    17181

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3693
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4980

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    11265
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    19391

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3438
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4422

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1367
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    1899

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14559
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    24909

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    117.2
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    135.12

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    356.76
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    796.61

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6653
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9037

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    5746
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    6487

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    19577
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    25817

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1.74
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    1.97

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6.35
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9.65

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    177.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    880

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.4
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.6
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    6.66

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3100
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    5877

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    174.5
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    204.75

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    36.1
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    54.58

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    2.9
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4.35

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    0.48
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    0.73

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    0.29
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    0.45

GB/s

Sunspider 1.0

  • Intel Core i5-6500
    108
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    119.45

score - higher is better