Intel Pentium G4600 vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    130%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    153%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4600

44 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6600K

8% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 53% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 30% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-6600K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
MPX
SGX
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-6600K
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsSkylake
Release DateJan 2017vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-6600K
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsHD Graphics 530

Cache

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-6600K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-6600K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp65°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-6600K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    4320 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4485 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    10368 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    16100 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    153.43
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    166

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    393.23
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    602

points - higher is better