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Intel logo Core i5-6600K
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General information Core i5-6600K Core i3-2125
Launched Q3 2015 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-S Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 91 W 0 % 65 W 28.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i5-6600K Core i3-2125
Overall Score 44965 0 % 34066 24.2 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 26 % 46.9 %
Benchmark Score 4088 0 % 1347 67 %
Single Thread Score 2306.1 0 % 1574.7 31.7 %
Encrypting Data 1852.1 MB/s 39.3 % 3053.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 84.9 MB/s 0 % 43 MB/s 49.4 %
String objects sorting 10717.5 thousand/s 0 % 6538.5 thousand/s 39 %
Prime numbers generation 31.2 millions/s 0 % 13.9 millions/s 55.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16454.4 millions/s 0 % 10056 millions/s 38.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14005.5 millions/s 0 % 3771.2 millions/s 73.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6600K, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core i5-6600K Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 88.3 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 141.3 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 176.6 FPS 111.8 FPS
Low settings 220.7 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.7 %

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 i5-6600K Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.8 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 207.7 FPS 177.0 FPS
Medium settings 259.6 FPS 221.3 FPS
Low settings 324.5 FPS 276.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.8 %
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