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Is the Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA 1151
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600 CPU @ 3.30GHz, Intel Core i5-6600 CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 122.91
Overall Rank:
1715th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
1139th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
500th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $49.28 USD (2024-12-21)
| Integer Math | 15,862 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 13,412 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 29 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 10,118 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,807 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 83,103 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 480 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 6,928 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,259 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | $49.99 USD | Buy Now! |
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HP ProDesk 600 G3 SFF Small Form Factor Desktop | Core i5-6600 - 500GB HDD Hard Drive - 8GB RAM | 4 cores @ 3.9 GHz Win 10 Pro Black |
$602.98 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,920 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,434 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,100 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,599 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,098 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,888 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,251 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,742 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,582 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,153 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz | 6,057 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 260.95 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 190.75 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 154.03 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 147.55 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz | 122.91 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 111.70 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.59 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.46 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,616 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,157 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,027 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,686 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,927 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,566 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz | 2,259 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5081697 - Dec 17 2024 | 6456 | |
| BL2282370 - Dec 16 2024 | 5948 | |
| BL2281723 - Dec 16 2024 | 6058 | |
| BL2278754 - Dec 14 2024 | 6530 | |
| BL2278312 - Dec 14 2024 | 6253 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz | 6,057 | |
| Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 5,624 (-7.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 6,754 (+11.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 5,603 (-7.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 6,802 (+12.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 6,036 (-0.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 5,687 (-6.1%) | |
| Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 6,735 (+11.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 6,319 (+4.3%) | |
| Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 6,101 (+0.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 5,576 (-7.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 5,499 (-9.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600 | 5,163 (-14.8%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,248 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,940 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,882 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,563 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,323 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,869 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,586 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,424 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,305 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,192 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,159 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,916 | |
| Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz | 713 |
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