Intel Core i5-3570K vs Intel Core i7-6700

Intel Core i5-3570K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i5-3570K
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    137%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    148%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3570K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-6700.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 48% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 37% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-3570KIntel Core i7-6700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
AVX2
VT-d
HTT
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-3570KIntel Core i7-6700
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy BridgevsSkylake
Release DateApr 2012vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-3570KIntel Core i7-6700
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-3570KIntel Core i7-6700
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 i5-3570KIntel Core i7-6700
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp67°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size160mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-3570KIntel Core i7-6700
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.2 Vvsunknown
TDP77 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    3914 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    14008 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    6561
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    8478

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    5286
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    6002.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    18325
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    24304.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    1.61
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    1.93

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    6
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    8.86

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    9.7
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    9.65

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    9.69
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    6.8

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    3376
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    5412.5

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    168
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    187.4

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    33.6
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    50.8

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    2.8
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4.45

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    0.46
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    0.78

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    0.29
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    0.46

GB/s