Intel Core i5-6600K Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-6600K was released in Q3/2015 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 1151. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i5-6600K achieved a result of 1,106 points (single-core) or 3,631 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i5-6600K

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i5-6600K belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i5-6600K.

Name: Intel Core i5-6600K
Family: Intel Core i5 (328)
CPU group: Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture: Skylake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i5-7600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6600K has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6600K is 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 3.60 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-6600K has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i5-6600K has the Intel HD Graphics 530 installed, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q3/2015
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-6600K supports a maximum of 64 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 34.1 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2133
DDR3-1600
34.1 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-6600K has a TDP of 91 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 91 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i5-6600K is made in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1151
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 6.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2015
Release price: 280 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-6600K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
66
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
66
Intel Core i3-9100 Intel Core i3-9100
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
66
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
65
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
65
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
65
Intel Core i3-10100F Intel Core i3-10100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
64

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-4790 Intel Core i7-4790
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
231
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
228
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
228
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
222
Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core i5-6500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
222
Intel Core i5-1135G7 Intel Core i5-1135G7
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
219
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
205

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1049
Intel Core i5-1030NG7 Intel Core i5-1030NG7
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1049
Intel Core i3-1005G1 Intel Core i3-1005G1
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1047
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1041
Intel Core i5-6600 Intel Core i5-6600
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1041
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
1040
Intel Core i7-7660U Intel Core i7-7660U
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1040

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
4120
Intel Core i5-8257U Intel Core i5-8257U
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
4017
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
4013
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3965
Intel Core i5-1034G1 Intel Core i5-1034G1
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3956
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3921
Intel Core i3-9100 Intel Core i3-9100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3921

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1107
Intel Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
1107
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1107
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1106
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
1104
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1103
Intel Core i7-8559U Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1103

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3642
Intel Core i7-4771 Intel Core i7-4771
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3640
Intel Core i5-9400T Intel Core i5-9400T
6C 6T @ 2.80 GHz
3634
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3631
Google Tensor G3 Google Tensor G3
8C 8T @ 2.91 GHz
3631
Intel Core i7-7920HQ Intel Core i7-7920HQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
3627
Intel Core i5-8260U Intel Core i5-8260U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3624

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-8557U Intel Core i7-8557U
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1361
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1360
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1360
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1359
Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1356
Intel Core i5-10600T Intel Core i5-10600T
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1355
Intel Core i7-9750HF Intel Core i7-9750HF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1354

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
4026
Intel Core i7-4930K Intel Core i7-4930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
4021
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4009
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3985
Intel Core i5-7640X Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
3982
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
3974
Intel Core i7-4910MQ Intel Core i7-4910MQ
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz
3964

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10500T Intel Core i5-10500T
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
396
Intel Core i5-10500TE Intel Core i5-10500TE
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
396
Intel Xeon W-3223 Intel Xeon W-3223
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
396
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
395
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
395
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
391
AMD EPYC 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz
391

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1589
Intel Core i5-8257U Intel Core i5-8257U
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1589
Intel Core i7-1060NG7 Intel Core i7-1060NG7
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1587
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1572
Intel Core i7-8559U Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1572
Intel Core i5-8350U Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1564
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1555

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700K Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
441
AMD RX-416GD AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz
440
Intel Core i7-4940MX Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz
432

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E-2254ML Intel Xeon E-2254ML
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6342
Intel Core i7-4790T Intel Core i7-4790T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
6335
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v6
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
6329
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
6318
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
6315
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD Ryzen 3 1200
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
6315
Intel Core i7-4950HQ Intel Core i7-4950HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6314

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-4790S Intel Core i7-4790S
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
476
Intel Core i7-4770K Intel Core i7-4770K
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
477
Intel Core i7-7820HK Intel Core i7-7820HK
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
481.3
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
486.5
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
487.6
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
492
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
502

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
462
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
462
Intel Core i3-10100F Intel Core i3-10100F
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
460
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
459
Intel Core i5-9400F Intel Core i5-9400F
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
459
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
458
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
457

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
1647
Intel Core i7-3820QM Intel Core i7-3820QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
1644
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
1636
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1621
Intel Core i5-4690K Intel Core i5-4690K
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1618
Intel Core i7-975 Intel Core i7-975
4C 8T @ 3.33 GHz
1598
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1594

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
167
Intel Core i5-8350U Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
167
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
167
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
166
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Intel Pentium Gold G6400
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
166
Intel Xeon W-2123 Intel Xeon W-2123
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
166
Intel Xeon W-2133 Intel Xeon W-2133
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
166

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1270 Intel Xeon E3-1270
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
603
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
602
AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
601
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
600
Intel Core i5-6685R Intel Core i5-6685R
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
597
Intel Core i5-6600 Intel Core i5-6600
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
597
Intel Core i7-4712MQ Intel Core i7-4712MQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
596

Benchmarks


Description of the processor

The Intel Core i5-6600K is a sixth generation Intel Core i5 processor. The processor has 5 physical cores with a base clock of 3.50 gigahertz each. If all cores are fully utilized, the turbo mode is activated, which increases the clock frequency to up to 3.60 gigahertz. When a single core is fully utilized, the clock even rises to 3.90 gigahertz.

The “K” at the end of the processor name tells us that the processor can be overclocked. For this, however, a special cooling is necessary, the standard cooler that Intel supplies in the "boxed" version is not sufficient for this. Furthermore, the housing must also be designed in such a way that the resulting heat is optimally conducted out of the housing. Intels hyperthreading technology is not supported by the Intel Core i5-6600K.

The processor has the "Intel HD Graphics 530" from the ninth generation of Intels graphics units. This graphics unit has a base clock frequency of 350 megahertz and a maximum dynamic clock frequency (turbo mode) of up to 1.15 gigahertz. The GPU of the Intel Core i5-6600K enables a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz via the DisplayPort and at least 4096 x 2304 @ 24Hz via HDMI. With its 24 execution units, the graphics unit supports Microsofts DirectX version 12.0 and the open programming interface "OpenGL" version 4.5.

In the main memory, the processor supports DDR3 main memory modules with up to 1600 megahertz and DDR4 main memory modules with up to 2133 megahertz. Which RAM can be installed depends on the selected mainboard. PCI-Express is integrated in version 3.0.

The 14-nanometer Intel Core i5-6600K was released in the third quarter of 2015 and is based on Intels "Skylake" architecture.



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