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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.4GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date: Q1 2011.

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.8GHz, Kaby Lake.
Release date: Q1 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 342,539 user samples
147,533 User Benchmarks
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: 405th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
195,006 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 59% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 1.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 59% Great: 89%
SPEED RANK: 313th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
70.6 % 75.8 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
87 Pts +2% 85.4 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
91.8 Pts 120 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+31%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
173 Pts 237 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+37%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
295 Pts 379 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+28%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
424 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+5%
403 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
96 Pts +0% 95.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
116 Pts 144 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+24%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
226 Pts 286 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+27%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
384 Pts 490 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+28%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
549 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+9%
504 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,738,727 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.16 % 0.36 % Hugely higher market share.
+125%
Value
Value For Money
67.9 % 92.4 % Much better value.
+36%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
76 % +3% 74 %
Price
Price (score)
$319 $135 Much cheaper.
+58%
Age
Newest
165 Months 93 Months Much more recent.
+44%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
95 Watts 91 Watts +4%
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 3.8 GHz Faster base frequency.
+12%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.8 GHz 4.2 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+11%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
558 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+9%
510 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
437 Pts Slightly faster 64-core speed.
+7%
407 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Sandy Bridge Kaby Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA1155 FCLGA1151
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 3000 HD 630
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q1'11 Q1'17
Cache
Cache
8 MB SmartCache 6 MB
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 $242.00 - $243.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz 4.20 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 DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Processor Graphics
Processor Graphics ‡
Intel® HD Graphics 3000 Intel® HD Graphics 630
Graphics Base Frequency
Graphics Base Frequency
850 MHz 350.00 MHz
# of Displays Supported
# of Displays Supported ‡
2 3
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
1.35 GHz 1.15 GHz
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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The i5-7600K targets high end gamers, it sits just behind the flagship i7-7700K in Intel’s Kaby Lake lineup. The 7600K will likely be the most popular gaming CPU of 2017 (some competition from AMD’s upcoming Zen/Ryzen CPUs, would be very welcome). Comparing the 7600K and 6600K shows that the two processors are very closely matched and comparing the 7600K vs the hyper-threaded 7700K highlights the relative strength of the 7700K for workstation performance. There are no significant architectural differences between Kaby Lake and Skylake so, when fully overclocked, the two generations should perform similarly but Kaby Lake offers faster base clocks, improved speed shift technology which helps CPU responsiveness, and better integrated graphics[Jan '17 CPUPro]

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