Intel Core i5-6600K
The Intel Core i5-6600K is a high-end quad-core desktop processor based on the Skylake architecture, which was announced in August 2015. The CPU, which is manufactured in a 14 nm process, runs at 3.5 up to 3.9 GHz (2 cores: 3.8 GHz, 3 cores: 3.7 GHz, 4 cores: 3.6 GHz) and – contrary to the i7-series – does not support Hyperthreading. Being a so called "K"-model, the Core i5-6600K has a free multiplier and can be easily overclocked.
Performance
Because of the slightly slower clocks, the smaller L3-cache (6 instead of 8 MB) as well as the missing Hyperthreading support, the Core i5-6600K is about 10-30 percent slower than the top model i7-6700K . The CPU will still handle demanding applications and games without any problems.
Graphics
Graphics are handled by the integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell, 20 EUs), the performance is increased by around 25 percent. The overall GPU performance is still low-end, so modern games can, if at all, only be played smoothly with low settings.
Power Consumption
The TDP was slightly raised from 88 to 91 Watts compared to the predecessor.
Series Intel Core i5 (Desktop) Codename Skylake Clock Rate 3500 - 3900 MHz Level 1 Cache 256 KB Level 2 Cache 1024 KB Level 3 Cache 6144 KB Number of Cores / Threads 4 / 4 Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 91 Watt Manufacturing Technology 14 nm Socket FCLGA1151 Features DDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2133 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro save GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 (350 - 1150 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Hardware Virtualization VT-x, VT-d Starting Price $242 U.S. Announcement Date 08/05/2015 Product Link (external) Intel Core i5 (Desktop) 6600K
Benchmarks Octane V2 - Total Score
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min: 43012 avg: 43012 (89%) median: 43012 (89%) max: 43012 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB Edge 20 43012
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Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Core i7-7740X 12%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 12%
Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit
100%min: 161 avg: 165.5 (85%) median: 166 (85%) max: 169 Points
Skylake 6600K Sample 161
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 166
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 166
HD Graphics 530 169
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Intel Core i7-4790 -4%
Intel Core i7-4790K 4%
Intel Core i7-7900X 16%
Intel Core i7-7740X 18%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 18%
Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit
100%min: 601 avg: 614.5 (29%) median: 601.5 (28%) max: 654 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 601
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 601
Skylake 6600K Sample 602
HD Graphics 530 654
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Intel Core i7-7900X 250%
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score
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min: 849.6 avg: 849.6 (1%) median: 849.6 (1%) max: 849.6 ms
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB Edge 20 849.6
Intel Core i7-7740X -10%
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Intel Core i7-7740X -10%
Intel Core i7-7900X -10%
Intel Core i5-6600K
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
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min: 12270 avg: 12270 (39%) median: 12270 (39%) max: 12270 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 12270
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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 -14%
Intel Core i5-6600K
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score
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min: 4080 avg: 4080 (88%) median: 4080 (88%) max: 4080 Points
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Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Core i7-4790K 8%
Intel Core i7-7740X 11%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 11%
Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
100%min: 12175 avg: 12544.5 (33%) median: 12544.5 (33%) max: 12914 Points
HD Graphics 530 12175
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 12914
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Intel Core i7-7900X 200%
Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
100%min: 4160 avg: 4214.5 (89%) median: 4214.5 (89%) max: 4269 Points
HD Graphics 530 4160
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 4269
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Intel Core i7-7900X 4%
Intel Core i7-7740X 13%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 13%
3DMark - Fire Strike Physics 1920x1080
min: 7863 avg: 7863 (35%) median: 7863 (35%) max: 7863 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 7863
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 7863
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Intel Core i5-4590 -10%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 188%
3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720
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min: 5562 avg: 5562 (14%) median: 5562 (14%) max: 5562 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 5562
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 5562
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Intel Core i5-4590 -10%
Intel Core i5-6600K
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720
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min: 61050 avg: 61050 (39%) median: 61050 (39%) max: 61050 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 61050
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 61050
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Intel Core i5-4590 -10%
Intel Core i7-4790K -5%
Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 -5%
Intel Core i5-6600K
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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score
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min: 64.4 avg: 64.4 (2%) median: 64.4 (2%) max: 64.4 ms
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB Edge 20 64.4
Intel Core i7-7740X -22%
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Intel Core i7-7740X -22%
Intel Core i7-7900X -12%
Intel Core i5-6600K
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TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB
min: 0.31 avg: 0.3 (18%) median: 0.3 (18%) max: 0.31 GB/s
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -94%
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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 -3%
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 448%
TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB
min: 0.52 avg: 0.5 (25%) median: 0.5 (25%) max: 0.52 GB/s
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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 -10%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 4%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 304%
TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB
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min: 3.2 avg: 3.2 (26%) median: 3.2 (26%) max: 3.2 GB/s
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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 -6%
Intel Core i5-6600K
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Intel Core i7-7900X 278%
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2
min: 40.1 avg: 40.1 (33%) median: 40.1 (33%) max: 40.1 fps
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -95%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 202%
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1
min: 196.3 avg: 196.3 (84%) median: 196.3 (84%) max: 196.3 fps
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 196.3
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Intel Core i7-4790K -4%
Intel Core i7-5960X -3%
Intel Core i7-7900X 11%
Intel Core i7-7740X 19%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 19%
WinRAR - Result
min: 3643 avg: 3643 (43%) median: 3643 (43%) max: 3643 KB/s
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3DMark 11 - Performance Physics 1280x720
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min: 7754 avg: 7754 (47%) median: 7754 (47%) max: 7754 points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 7754
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 7754
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Intel Core i5-6600K
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3DMark Vantage - P CPU no PhysX 1280x1024
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min: 21951 avg: 21951 (55%) median: 21951 (55%) max: 21951 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 21951
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Intel Core i5-6600K
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3DMark 06 - CPU -
min: 7413 avg: 7413 (58%) median: 7413 (58%) max: 7413 Points
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Intel Core i7-980X EE -4%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 7%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 71%
Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Single 64Bit
100%min: 1.88 avg: 1.9 (87%) median: 1.9 (85%) max: 2.03 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 1.88
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 1.88
HD Graphics 530 2.03
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Intel Core i7-4790K 2%
Intel Core i7-7900X 14%
Intel Core i7-7740X 15%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 15%
Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Multi 64Bit
100%min: 6.93 avg: 7.1 (30%) median: 6.9 (29%) max: 7.5 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 6.93
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 6.93
HD Graphics 530 7.5
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Intel Core i7-7900X 235%
Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
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min: 8370 avg: 8370 (92%) median: 8370 (92%) max: 8370 Points
HD Graphics 530 8370
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Intel Core i7-4790 -6%
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Core i7-4790K 4%
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
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min: 29100 avg: 29100 (71%) median: 29100 (71%) max: 29100 Points
HD Graphics 530 29100
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 -5%
Intel Core i7-990X EE -4%
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Core i7-4790 2%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 10%
Intel Core i7-4790K 13%
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit
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min: 6188 avg: 6188 (84%) median: 6188 (84%) max: 6188 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 6188
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 6188
AMD Geode LX 800 -98%
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Intel Core i7-4790 -4%
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Core i7-4790K 6%
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Intel Core i7-7740X 20%
Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
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min: 21324 avg: 21324 (43%) median: 21324 (43%) max: 21324 Points
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 21324
XMG U506 GeForce GTX 980M 16384 MB 1038 / 2500 MHz 8192MB GDDR5 ForceWare 353.50 21324
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Intel Core i7-4790S -1%
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 1%
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 2%
Intel Core i7-990X EE 4%
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Intel Core i7-7900X 133%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M -
min: 9.5 avg: 9.5 (2%) median: 9.5 (2%) max: 9.5 Seconds
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 4774%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M -
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min: 21.5 avg: 21.5 (1%) median: 21.5 (1%) max: 21.5 Seconds
Intel Core i7-7900X -17%
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Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 2%
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M -
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min: 501.1 avg: 501.1 (2%) median: 501.1 (2%) max: 501.1 Seconds
Clevo P751DM 16384 MB 501.1
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Intel Core i7-7740X -10%
Intel Core i7-4790 -1%
Intel Core i5-6600K
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 4393%
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
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Other CPUs of the series Intel Core i5 (Desktop) » Intel Core i5 (Desktop) 4590 3.3 GHz / 1 MB + 6 MB
» Intel Core i5 (Desktop) 2500K 3.3 GHz / 1 MB + 6 MB
» Intel Core i5 (Desktop) 4430 3 GHz / 1 MB + 6 MB
» Intel Core i5 (Desktop) 2400 3.1 GHz / 1 MB + 6 MB
» Intel Core i5 (Desktop) 750 2.66 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
Surrounding CPUs - Intel Xeon (Desktop) E3-1231 v3 3.4 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
- Intel Xeon (Desktop) E3-1230 v3 3.3 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
+ Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3770 3.4 GHz / KB + 8192 KB
+ Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 4790T 2.7 GHz / 1024 KB + 8192 KB
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card