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Intel Core i5-11300H vs Intel Core i5-6600K. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2021
Intel Core i5-11300H
Intel Core i5-11300H
Released
Q3/2015
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Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Core i5-6600K

What's the best choice Intel Core i5-11300H or Intel Core i5-6600K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i5-11300H has a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 35 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Intel Core i5-6600K has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 91 W. Released in Q3/2015.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    503 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 11% better overclocked clock speed

    4.40 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    35 W left arrow 91 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-11300H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    155 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    262 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    245 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    281 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    260 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    542 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    185 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    496 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    160 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    647 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 11% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-6600K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    285 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    287 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    327 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    332 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    302 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    502 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    434 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    660 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    779 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    74 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    118 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    319 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    157 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    324 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    86 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    642 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-11300H Intel Core i5-11300H
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Core i5 left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    11 left arrow 6
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 11000H left arrow Intel Core i 6000
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i5-7600K
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.10 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.40 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (4 Cores)
    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Tiger Lake G7) left arrow Intel HD Graphics 530
  • GPU frequency
    0.40 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.30 GHz left arrow 1.15 GHz
  • Execution units
    80 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    640 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    16 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 9
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2020 left arrow Q3/2015
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-6600K and Intel Core i5-11300H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200LPDDR4X-4266 left arrow DDR3-1600DDR4-2133
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    4 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11300H and Intel Core i5-6600K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    35 W left arrow 91 W
  • TDP down
    28 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11300H and Intel Core i5-11300H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    5.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Tiger Lake H left arrow Skylake S
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    BGA 1526 left arrow LGA 1151
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q3/2015

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i5-11300H and Intel Core i5-6600K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1394
Intel Core i5-11300H
1041
Intel Core i5-6600K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
5349
Intel Core i5-11300H
3965
Intel Core i5-6600K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
448
Intel Core i5-11300H
395
Intel Core i5-6600K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
2034
Intel Core i5-11300H
1572
Intel Core i5-6600K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1435
Intel Core i5-11300H
1106
Intel Core i5-6600K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
4764
Intel Core i5-11300H
3631
Intel Core i5-6600K
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
1611
Intel Core i5-11300H
442
Intel Core i5-6600K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
11107
Intel Core i5-11300H
8288
Intel Core i5-6600K

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