Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Intel Core i7-5930K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5930K
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    147%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    185%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5930K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 85% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 47% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6600K

11% higher single threaded performance.
45 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-5930K.

Intel Core i7-5930K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5930K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-5930K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5930K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-5930KIntel Core i5-6600K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-5930KIntel Core i5-6600K
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameHaswell-EvsSkylake
Release DateSep 2014vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-5930KIntel Core i5-6600K
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsHD Graphics 530

Cache

Intel Core i7-5930KIntel Core i5-6600K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache15360 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-5930KIntel Core i5-6600K
SocketIntel Socket 2011-3vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Size356mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-5930KIntel Core i5-6600K
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP140 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    4144 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4485 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    28224 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    16100 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    21245
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    13321

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    4123
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4677

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    23843
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    15019

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    3677
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4217

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    2221
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    1497

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    31953
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    15519

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    120.38
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    124.08

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    1002.79
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    387.48

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-5930K (simulated)
    144.92
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    166

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-5930K (simulated)
    1083.94
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    602

points - higher is better