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Intel Core i5-7640X vs Intel Core i5-6600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-7640X
Rank 2 - 87 %
Intel Core i5-6600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-7640X
Rank 2 - 89 %
Intel Core i5-6600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,411
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,278
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
3,982
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,648
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
412 cb
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
381 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,153
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
966
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
1,409 cb
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,411 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
3,644
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,167
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
180 cb
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
166 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
720 cb
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
597 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-7640XIntel Core i5-6600
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000X (9)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureSkylake XSkylake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 2066LGA 1151
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-7640XIntel Core i5-6600
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 4.00 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.20 GHz 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-7640XIntel Core i5-6600
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-7640XIntel Core i5-6600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-7640XIntel Core i5-6600
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 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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Intel Core i5-7640XIntel Core i5-6600
TDP112 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-7640XIntel Core i5-6600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2017Q3/2015
Release price300 $250 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-7640X
Intel Core i5-7640X
4C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.20 GHz
Intel Core i5-6600
Intel Core i5-6600
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.90 GHz

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