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In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6600 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 914 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-6600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Up to 59% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $47.87 vs $117.62
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-8700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 3% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i5-6600 - 222 vs 215 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600 - 12 vs 4 threads
Borderlands 3
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
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Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Single-Core
1286
84.99669530733642%
Multi-Core
3552
60.1524132091448%
Intel Core i5-6600 | vs | Intel Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Jan 1st, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
UHD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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