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Intel logo Core i5-6600
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Intel logo Core i5-2500K

Intel Core i5-6600 logo Intel Core i5-2500K logo
General information Core i5-6600 Core i5-2500K
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 5.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i5-6600 Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 44564 0 % 40500 9.1 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 21 % 57.1 %
Benchmark Score 3944 0 % 2690 31.8 %
Single Thread Score 2244.7 0 % 1682 25.1 %
Encrypting Data 1804 MB/s 0 % 1038 MB/s 42.5 %
Compressing Data 81 MB/s 0 % 65.8 MB/s 18.8 %
String objects sorting 10035.1 thousand/s 0 % 9014.9 thousand/s 10.2 %
Prime numbers generation 29.3 millions/s 0 % 25.9 millions/s 11.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15764.8 millions/s 0 % 14398.1 millions/s 8.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13322.1 millions/s 0 % 7466.9 millions/s 44 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6600, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second Core i5-6600 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 86.7 FPS 74.3 FPS
High settings 138.7 FPS 119.0 FPS
Medium settings 173.4 FPS 148.7 FPS
Low settings 216.8 FPS 185.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-6600 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 128.8 FPS 121.4 FPS
High settings 206.1 FPS 194.3 FPS
Medium settings 257.6 FPS 242.9 FPS
Low settings 322.0 FPS 303.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.7 %
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