Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i5-6500

Intel Core i5-6600
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6600
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    115%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    108%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    121%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6600

8% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 21% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 15% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

None

Intel Core i5-6600

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6600

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
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

Architecture

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylakevsSkylake
Release DateJul 2015vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12CvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size177mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    4485 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    15180 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    11527
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10602

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    3970
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3693

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    12482
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    11265

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-6600
    3709
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3438

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6600 (simulated)
    165.75
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-6600 (simulated)
    787.29
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better