UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-6600 vs i7-2600K

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Best Bench: 83% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 27,195,430 GHz (avg)

Poor: 56% Great: 83%

SPEED RANK: 390^th / 1441

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 55%

Gunboat

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Best Bench: 77% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 47% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 47% Great: 77%

SPEED RANK: 452^nd / 1441

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 51%

Yacht


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		70.6 %	+4%		67.6 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%	78.7 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	91.8 Pts		100 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +9%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	173 Pts		201 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +16%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	295 Pts		324 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +10%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	424 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +23%	345 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +6%	90.9 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	116 Pts	+4%	112 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	226 Pts	+2%	222 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	384 Pts		399 Pts	+4%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	549 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +33%	412 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.17 %		0.17 %
Value Value For Money	67.9 %		82.9 %	Better value. +22%
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %	More popular. +21%	63 %
Price Price (score)	$319		$132	Much cheaper. +59%


Age Newest	159 Months		103 Months	Much more recent. +35%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	+3%	3.3 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz		3.9 GHz	+3%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	558 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +35%	414 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	437 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +25%	350 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge	Skylake
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1155	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 3000	HD 530
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'11	Q3'15
Cache Cache	8 MB SmartCache	6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Lithography Lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$213.00 - $224.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	8 GT/s DMI3
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	32 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	21 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 3000	Intel® HD Graphics 530
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	850 MHz	350 MHz
Wireless Display Intel® Wireless Display	No	Yes
# of Displays Supported # of Displays Supported ‡	2	3
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.35 GHz	1.15 GHz
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	No	Yes
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	2.0	3.0
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The i7-2600K Sandy Bridge processor is two generations old and nearly three years out of date. The numerous owners of this superb processor should feel in no hurry to upgrade as it's still one of the fastest consumer processors, even by today's standards. The benchmark figures indicate that in terms of real-world performance this processor is only 5% slower than the third generation Ivy Bridge i7-3770K, not bad considering its age. That said new buyers will find both better energy efficiency and marginal performance improvements elsewhere. ^{[Feb '12 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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