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Intel logo Core i5-6600
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Intel Core i5-6600 logo Intel Core i7-920 logo
General information Core i5-6600 Core i7-920
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-S Bloomfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 25.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-6600 Core i7-920
Overall Score 44468 0 % 36788 17.3 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 10 % 79.6 %
Benchmark Score 3910 0 % 1832 53.1 %
Single Thread Score 2264.8 0 % 1205.1 46.8 %
Encrypting Data 1787.2 MB/s 57.5 % 4203.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 80.6 MB/s 0 % 61.5 MB/s 23.6 %
String objects sorting 10143.2 thousand/s 0 % 8255.6 thousand/s 18.6 %
Prime numbers generation 29.1 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 24.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15698.4 millions/s 0 % 15050 millions/s 4.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13441.2 millions/s 0 % 6462.9 millions/s 51.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6600, Core i7-920.

Average frames per second Core i5-6600 Core i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 86.8 FPS 63.9 FPS
High settings 138.9 FPS 102.3 FPS
Medium settings 173.6 FPS 127.9 FPS
Low settings 217.0 FPS 159.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.3 %

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 i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.0 FPS 115.4 FPS
High settings 206.4 FPS 184.7 FPS
Medium settings 257.9 FPS 230.8 FPS
Low settings 322.4 FPS 288.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %
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