Core i5-6600K

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Cores	Threads	Base Frequency	Turbo Frequency
4	4	3.5 GHz	3.9 GHz

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Intel Core I5-6600K Processor (3.5 GHz, 6 M Cache, LGA1151)

Specifications

General
Release Date	Jul 2nd, 2015
Segment	Desktop
Socket	Intel Socket 1151
Collection	Core i5
Codename	Skylake

Performance
Cores	4
Threads	4
Base Frequency	3.5 GHz
Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz

Other
Power Consumption	91 W
Overclockable	Yes
Integrated Graphics	None

My Games With Core i5-6600K

With selected game settings

1920 x 1080

Ultra

130

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

High

709

FPS

Minecraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

164

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

777

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

183

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Epic

226

FPS

Fortnite

Core i5-6600K Alternatives

With selected game settings

Ryzen 5 5500

437 FPS+5%

£0.19/FPS

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Processor (6 cores/12 threads, 65W DTP, AM4 socket, 19 MB cache, up to 4.2 GHz max boost, wraith stealth cooler)

Core i3-12100F

454 FPS+9%

£0.15/FPS

Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz

Core i3-14100F

468 FPS+13%

£0.16/FPS

Intel® Core™ i3-14100F Desktop Processor 4 cores (4 P-cores + 0 E-cores) up to 4.7 GHz

Ryzen 5 3400G

401 FPS-3%

£0.16/FPS

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor (4C/8T, 6 MB cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost) with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics

Athlon 200GE

390 FPS-6%

£0.2/FPS

AMD Athlon 200GE 2-Core 4-Thread Processor with Radeon Vega Graphics - YD200GC6FBBOX

Pentium G4400

381 FPS-8%

£0.17/FPS

Intel Pentium Dual-Core G4400 3.3 GHz Processor CPU

Celeron G4900

378 FPS-9%

£0.16/FPS

Intel Celeron G4900 Processor 3.1 GHz 2 MB Smart Cache Box

Core i3-10105F

417 FPS

£0.18/FPS

Intel Core i3-10105F 10th Generation - Desktop processor (3.7 GHz Tuboboost: 4.4 GHz, 4 cores, LGA1200) BX8070110105F

Celeron G6900

424 FPS+2%

£0.16/FPS

Intel® Celeron® G6900 Desktop Processor 4M Cache, up to 3.4 GHz

Pentium Gold G7400

445 FPS+7%

£0.2/FPS

Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400 Desktop Processor 6M Cache, up to 3.7 GHz

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My Games With Core i5-6600K

Grand Theft Auto V

Minecraft

League of Legends

Valorant

World of Warcraft

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