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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6600 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6600 is 1126 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G550.
Advantages of Intel Celeron G550
- Up to 38% cheaper than Core i5-6600 - $49.0 vs $79.0
- Up to 30% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i5-6600 - $0.4 vs $0.57 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Performs up to 15% better in Far Cry 3 than Celeron G550 - 139 vs 121 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 4 vs 2 threads
Far Cry 3
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1920 x 1080
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Ultra
Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550
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Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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1920 x 1080
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Celeron G550
Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Celeron G550 | vs | Intel Core i5-6600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1st, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Celeron | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 26.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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