UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-6600 vs i7-6850K

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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: 453^rd / 1445

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 51%

Yacht

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Best Bench: 93% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 74% Great: 93%

SPEED RANK: 195^th / 1445

Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 75%

Battleship


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		67.6 %			83.6 %	Faster effective speed. +24%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	78.7 Pts	86.5 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +10%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	100 Pts	114 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +14%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	201 Pts	227 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +13%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	324 Pts	435 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +34%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	345 Pts	713 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +107%


Memory OC Memory Latency	90.9 Pts	95.5 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +5%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	112 Pts	131 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +17%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	222 Pts	259 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +17%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	399 Pts	500 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +25%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	412 Pts	812 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +97%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.2 %	Hugely higher market share. +900%	0.02 %
Value Value For Money	84.6 %		107 %	Better value. +26%
User Rating UBM User Rating	63 %	Slightly more popular. +7%	59 %
Price Price (score)	$123		$115	Slightly cheaper. +6%


Age Newest	104 Months		95 Months	Slightly more recent. +9%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +54%	140 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz		4 GHz	+3%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	414 Pts		1012 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +144%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	350 Pts		903 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +158%


Series CPU Architecture	Skylake	Broadwell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 530	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'15	Q2'16
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	15 MB
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$213.00 - $224.00	N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	4 GHz
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	128 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR4 2400/2133
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 530	None
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	Yes	No
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	16	40
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The Core i7-6850K is one of four new Broadwell-E prosumer CPUs. This model has six cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.6 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6850K is based on the 14 nm Broadwell-E architecture. It has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its relatively high MSRP of around $700, this CPU only makes sense for niche use cases which could include top end graphics design or video production workstations. Comparing the 6850K and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6850K only offers a gain of around 10% for a whopping two fold price increase. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6850K. ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16