Intel Core i5-6600T Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-6600T is a 4 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q3/2015. The Intel Core i5-6600T is based on the 6. generation of the Intel Core i5 series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 1151. The Intel Core i5-6600T scores 897 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 3,111 points.
Intel Core i5-6600T

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Core i5-6600T belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i5-6600T.

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

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 4 CPU cores of the Intel Core i5-6600T clock with 2.70 GHz (3.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 3.10 GHz

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics 530, the Intel Core i5-6600T has an build in graphic solution. It has 24 SM processors, which have a total of 192 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

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 that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

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 i5-6600T supports up to 64 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth 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

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i5-6600T has a TDP of 35 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6600T has a 6.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

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: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-6600T 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.


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.
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
899
Intel Xeon D-1746TER Intel Xeon D-1746TER
10C 20T @ 3.10 GHz
899
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
898
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
897
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
896
Intel Core i3-9100TE Intel Core i3-9100TE
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
895
Intel Core i7-4910MQ Intel Core i7-4910MQ
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
895

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.
Intel Core i7-3770S Intel Core i7-3770S
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
3143
Intel Core i3-8300T Intel Core i3-8300T
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
3139
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3134
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3111
Intel Core i7-2600K Intel Core i7-2600K
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3098
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3097
Intel Core i5-7500 Intel Core i5-7500
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3091

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 Xeon E5-2698 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
1147
Intel Xeon Silver 4210 Intel Xeon Silver 4210
10C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
1145
Samsung Exynos 990 Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
1144
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1142
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1142
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1141
Intel Core i3-4170 Intel Core i3-4170
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1140

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.
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3215
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3202
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
3201
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3198
Intel Core i5-5575R Intel Core i5-5575R
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3198
Intel Core i3-8100T Intel Core i3-8100T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3193
Intel Core i7-4702MQ Intel Core i7-4702MQ
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz
3180

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 i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
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 i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
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 Core i5-4690K Intel Core i5-4690K
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
5674
Intel Core i5-7440EQ Intel Core i5-7440EQ
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
5670
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
5668
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
5665
Intel Core i7-4700HQ Intel Core i7-4700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5652
Intel Core i7-3920XM Intel Core i7-3920XM
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz
5648
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
5644

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.
Intel Core i7-5775C Intel Core i7-5775C
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
150
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
18C 36T @ 3.60 GHz
150
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 3.60 GHz
150
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149
Intel Celeron G5920 Intel Celeron G5920
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
149
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149
Intel Core i5-7267U Intel Core i5-7267U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149

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 Core i7-4785T Intel Core i7-4785T
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
518
Intel Core i7-4712HQ Intel Core i7-4712HQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
517
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
517
Intel Core i5-6600T Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
513
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
6C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
511
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
510
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
510

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