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Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i5-6500

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7600K

Rank 2 - 81 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7600K

Rank 2 - 80 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,420

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,186

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

4,278

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,305

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

433 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

354 cb

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

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,174

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

902

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,589 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,299 cb

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

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

3,855

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

2,956

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

Intel HD Graphics 530

403

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

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

468

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

383

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

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,723

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,453

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

179 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

153 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

717 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

565 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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 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 i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-6500
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Skylake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1151
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-6600K
Successor	Intel Core i5-8600K	Intel Core i5-7500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-6500
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.20 GHz	3.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-6500
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-6500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-6500
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 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 i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-6500
TDP	91 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-6500
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, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2017	Q3/2015
Release price	270 $	250 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i5-7600K
4C / 4T · 3.80 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★