Processor Intel Core i5-6600K, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Intel Core i5-6600K

• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5
• Generation
  6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-7600K

Intel Core i5-6600K Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

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

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  91 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake S
• Technology
  14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151
• Release date
  Q3/2015
• Part Number
  --

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