Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i7-7600U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6 7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 Intel Core i 7000U
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-7600K --

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
  3.50 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.90 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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 HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  24 24
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2016

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-7600U and Intel Core i5-6600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600DDR4-2133 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-6600K and Intel Core i7-7600U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  91 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-6600K and Intel Core i5-6600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake S Kaby Lake U
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q4/2016