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The Intel Core i5-6600 is a Intel desktop processor from the Intel Core lineup, built on the Skylake architecture and released in 2015. This CPU features 4 cores, a base clock of 3300 MHz, maximum turbo frequency of 3900 MHz and 6 MB of L3 cache. Manufactured using 14 nm process technology. The Intel Core i5-6600 is designed for the FCLGA1151 socket. It includes integrated Intel® HD Graphics 530 graphics.

The Intel Core i7-4790K is a Intel desktop processor from the Intel Core lineup, built on the Devil's Canyon architecture and released in 2014. This CPU features 4 cores, a base clock of 4000 MHz, maximum turbo frequency of 4400 MHz and 8 MB of L3 cache. Manufactured using 22 nm process technology. The Intel Core i7-4790K is designed for the FCLGA1150 socket.It supports overclocking. It includes integrated Intel® HD Graphics 4600 graphics.


Ranking

Popularity is the current popularity of the cpu. Performance is based on Blender Benchmark with 100 being best. Blender Score represents performance value per $.

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i7-4790K
Popularity (0-100) 53%83%
Performance (0-100) 25%41%
Blender Score / $1 1.21.1

Info

Basic info about the cpu.

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i7-4790K
Type DesktopDesktop
Cores 44
Threads 48
Speed 3.3 GHz4 GHz
Turbo 3.9 GHz4.4 GHz
Current Price $37$62
Release Price
Release Date 20152014
GPU Intel® HD Graphics 530Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Socket FCLGA1151FCLGA1150
L3 6 MB8 MB
Base TDP 65 W88 W
Max TDP
Nm 14 nm22 nm
Unlocked -Yes
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Benchmark

We use Blender Benchmark which measures multi core cpu performance under load.
Ranking 100% is highest performance among all ranked processors.

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i7-4790K
Blender Score 42.369.7
Top % Ranking 25 %41 %
Blender Score / $1 1.21.1
Samples 17123

Details

Intel Core i5-6600Intel Core i7-4790K
Class Intel CoreIntel Core
Code Name SkylakeDevil's Canyon
Performance Cores 44
Efficiency Cores 00
Memory Type DDR4DDR3
Max Memory 64 MB32 MB
Bits 64-bit64-bit
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L1 Cache
L2 Cache

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