UserBenchmark: Intel Core i3-9100F vs i5-6600K

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Best Bench: 86% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 72% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 72% Great: 86%

SPEED RANK: 236^th / 1442

Gaming 80%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 57% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 57% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 355^th / 1442

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 55%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.1 %	Faster effective speed. +11%		72.4 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%	83.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	122 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +11%	110 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	240 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +10%	218 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	416 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +18%	352 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	423 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +13%	373 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.6 Pts		95.2 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	126 Pts		136 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +8%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	250 Pts		269 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +8%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	476 Pts	+5%	455 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	475 Pts		476 Pts	+0%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.4 %		0.48 %	Higher market share. +20%
Value Value For Money	110 %	Slightly better value. +8%	102 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	85 %	More popular. +15%	74 %
Price Price (score)	$88		$81	Slightly cheaper. +7%


Age Newest	60 Months	Much more recent. +42%	104 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +29%	91 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	+3%	3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.2 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +8%	3.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	474 Pts		484 Pts	+2%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	427 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +13%	378 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Skylake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 530
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'19	Q3'15
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4.20 GHz	3.9 GHz
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015C (65W)	PCG 2015D (130W)
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported ECC Memory Supported ‡	Yes	No
TSX-NI Intel® TSX-NI	No	Yes
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Intel’s Core i3-9100F is a quad-core 9th generation Coffee Lake desktop processor. It features base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.2 GHz, 6 MB of cache, a 65W TDP and it ships with a cooler. Gamers should pair the 9100F with a Z390 motherboard and unlock higher XMP RAM speeds. This will deliver up to a 15% fps boost which is well worth it considering that many Z390 boards are available for around $100 USD (here is one of the builds from our EFps test lab). The 9100F has great single core performance coupled with a strong memory sub system. This enables it to deliver excellent all round performance, easily holding its own against far pricier CPUs for the majority of use cases. The heavily hyped 12 threaded 6 core Ryzen 3600, paired with a 2060S, barely pulls ahead in any of the top five games. ^{[Oct '19 CPUPro]}

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The Intel Core i5-6600K is based on the new "Skylake" 14nm manufacturing process. Sporting 4 physical cores with base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.9 GHz the 6600K and its predecessor, the 4690K share the same basic configuration and disappointingly, offer similar performance. Comparing the 6600K and 6700K shows that the 6700K has faster multi and single core performance. The improved multi core performance is due to Hyperthreading which is the key differentiator for the i7-6700K. The gap in single core performance can largely be eliminated by overclocking the i5-6600K so although the stock effective speed is significantly higher on the 6700K, this gap diminishes significantly when both processors are overclocked. At a 30% discount, the 6600K is the better value gaming CPU. ^{[Aug '15 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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