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Intel Core i5 6600K Cpu
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Intel Core i7 6700K Cpu
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Intel has finally unveiled their 6th Generation processors codenamed Skylake. We take a look at the new unlocked 6600K and 6700K CPUs to see what improvements have been made.Read more
Though limited to four cores/four threads, the Core i5-6600K is a strong pick for price-conscious performance hounds and future-looking gamers seeking a powerful CPU at a reasonable price.Read more
In the last few years, reviewing an Intel CPU from a gaming perspective has always been something of a challenge. Typic…Read more
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A good CPU for gaming, and for maintaining the status quo.Read more
Intel's Kaby Lake falls into the comes bearing the tuned 14nm+ process, a revamped graphics engine and a new chipset.Read more
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Intel's Core i5-9400 and -9400F CPUs, armed with with six cores and six threads, come to defend the company's gaming dominance in the mid-range market.Read more
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The biggest draw of the Core i7-6700K, Intel's first sixth-generation CPU, isn't the performance. Rather, it's the extra PCIe lanes that come with the supporting Z170 chipset, which may mean storage that's as fast as the processor.Read more
Another quad-core chip? Yup, but this one's a bit differentRead more
While it may not have been apparent due to their dominance in the x86 processor market, Intel has been facing some unique challenges as of late. Their definitive tick / tock cadence of process technology shrinks followed by base architectural changes has been slowing down. 22nm architectures...Read more
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General

Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz2.9 GHz4.0 GHz
Max turbo speed3.9 GHz4.1 GHz4.1 GHz4.2 GHz
Number of cores4464
Number of threads4468
Thermal Design Power (TDP)91.0 W65.0 W65.0 W91.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMIDMI3DMI3DMI2
Idle statesyesyesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesnoyes
TypeIntel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 630Not availableIntel HD Graphics 530
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
N/A
350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.0
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache6 MB6 MB9 MB8 MB
Cache typeL3Smart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
  • 1866
  • 1333
  • 2133
  • 1600
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
2666.0 MHz
  • 1600
  • 2133
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB64.0 GB128.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processor
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)34.1 GB/s
N/A
41.6 GB/s34.2 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual

Thermals

Cooler includednoyesnono
Thermal specification
N/A
212.0 °F212.0 °F
N/A

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161616
Supported instruction sets
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyesyesyes
Scalability1S1S1S1S

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