CPU Comparison

Intel Core i5 6500

4C / 4T

3.2 - 3.6 GHz

TDP: 65W

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Intel Core i5 6600K

4C / 4T

3.5 - 3.9 GHz

TDP: 91W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 6500961

Intel Core i5 6600K1,031

Difference: 7.3% (Intel faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 65003,360

Intel Core i5 6600K3,953

Difference: 17.6% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 6500661

Intel Core i5 6600K1,314

Difference: 98.8% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 65002,089

Intel Core i5 6600K3,782

Difference: 81.0% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 6500900

Intel Core i5 6600K1,125

Difference: 25.0% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 65003,118

Intel Core i5 6600K3,775

Difference: 21.1% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 65002,116

Intel Core i5 6600K2,320

Difference: 9.6% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 65005,591

Intel Core i5 6600K6,289

Difference: 12.5% (Intel faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.2 GHz

Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

Boost Frequency

3.9 GHz

65 W

TDP

91 W

LGA-1151

Socket

LGA-1151

Skylake

Architecture

Skylake

14nm

Manufacturing

14nm

2015

Release Year

2015

6MB shared

L3 Cache

6MB shared

DDR4-2133

Memory Support

DDR4-2133

64GB

Max Memory

64GB

PCIe Version

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