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Intel Core i5-3570 vs Intel Core i5-6600K

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 70 %

Intel Core i5-3570

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-6600K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 74 %

Intel Core i5-3570

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-6600K

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

731 pts

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,041 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

2,780 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,965 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

741

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,359

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

2,246

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,985

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

805

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,106

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

2,788

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,631

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

110

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

372

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

459

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,436

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,621

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

132 cb

4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

166 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

510 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

600 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3570	Intel Core i5-6600K
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Skylake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1151
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i5-4570	Intel Core i5-7600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3570	Intel Core i5-6600K
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.80 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3570	Intel Core i5-6600K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.15 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3570	Intel Core i5-6600K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3570	Intel Core i5-6600K
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3570	Intel Core i5-6600K
TDP	77 W	91 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3570	Intel Core i5-6600K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2015
Release price	213 $	280 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i5-3570
4C / 4T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-6600K
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★