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Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i5-6440EQ

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6600
Rank 2 - 86 %
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6600
Rank 2 - 90 %
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,278
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,084
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,648
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
3,136
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
966
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
846
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,167
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
2,956
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-6600
Intel HD Graphics 530
442
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
Intel HD Graphics 530
384
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
166 cb
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
140 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
597 cb
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
528 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6440EQ
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)Intel Core i 6000H (15)
ArchitectureSkylake SSkylake H
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151BGA 1440
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7600Intel Core i5-7440EQ

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 2.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.90 GHz 3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.60 GHz 3.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.35 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP65 W45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i5-6440EQ
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2015
Release price250 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-6600
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.90 GHz
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
Intel Core i5-6440EQ
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.40 GHz

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