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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-6600K can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151
Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 91 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) i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz, Intel Core i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015
CPUmark/$Price: 58.78
Overall Rank:
1715th fastest in multithreading out of 4989 CPUs
1091st fastest in single threading out of 4989 CPUs
496th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $107.36 USD (2025-02-13)
Integer Math | 16,367 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 14,047 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 31 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 10,566 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 1,847 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 86,282 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 508 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 7,479 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,320 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,844 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,387 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,064 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,560 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,113 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,876 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,209 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,724 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,621 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 | |
Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz | 6,310 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 219.60 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 200.79 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 147.18 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 145.73 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 117.14 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.50 | |
Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz | 58.78 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.09 | |
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 | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,615 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,150 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,023 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,924 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 | |
Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz | 2,320 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2415487 - Feb 14 2025 | 7240 | |
BL2414910 - Feb 14 2025 | 6496 | |
BL2414685 - Feb 14 2025 | 6975 | |
BL2412623 - Feb 13 2025 | 5365 | |
BL2412340 - Feb 13 2025 | 6391 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz | 6,310 | |
Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 5,624 (-10.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 5,169 (-18.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 6,270 (-0.6%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 6,752 (+7.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-5675C @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 5,643 (-10.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 6,815 (+8.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-7600 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 6,544 (+3.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 5,696 (-9.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 5,573 (-11.7%) | |
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 5,106 (-19.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 4,961 (-21.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-6600K | 4,935 (-21.8%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,188 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,869 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,602 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,600 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,304 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,842 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,540 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,527 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,343 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,168 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,015 | |
Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz | 745 |