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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%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 55%

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Best Bench: 91% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 241^st / 1442

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 70%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		72.4 %			79.8 %	Faster effective speed. +10%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.3 Pts		87.2 Pts	+5%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	110 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +7%	103 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	218 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +6%	205 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	352 Pts		391 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +11%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	373 Pts		642 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +72%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.2 Pts	+0%	94.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	136 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +8%	126 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	269 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +8%	248 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	455 Pts		483 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +6%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	476 Pts		780 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +64%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.47 %	Hugely higher market share. +840%	0.05 %
Value Value For Money	102 %		117 %	Better value. +15%
User Rating UBM User Rating	74 %	More popular. +28%	58 %
Price Price (score)	$81		$70	Cheaper. +14%


Age Newest	104 Months	More recent. +10%	116 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	91 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +35%	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	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +5%	3.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	484 Pts		983 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +103%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	378 Pts		814 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +115%


Series CPU Architecture	Skylake	Haswell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 530	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q3'15	Q3'14
Cache Cache	6 MB SmartCache	15 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$242.00 - $243.00	$583.00 - $594.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	0 GT/s
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR4 1333/1600/2133
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	68 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 530	None
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	16	40
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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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The Intel 5930K is Intel's new middle tier Haswell-E prosumer CPU. This model has base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.7 GHz and sports 6 physical cores with 12 hyperthreads. The 5930K offers enormous processing throughput but like its Haswell-E siblings it lacks in single and dual-core speed. Comparing the 5930K and 4790K shows that the 4790K offers nearly 20% more single and dual core throughput and is priced nearly 40% lower than the 5930K. The 5930K does win hands down on multi-core workloads but these are not generally relevant to consumers. Finally since the Haswell-E architecture is coupled with the X99 chipset it requires far more expensive DDR4 RAM with offers little upside over DDR3. ^{[Sep '14 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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