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In short — Core i9-10900X outperforms Core i5-6600K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-10900X is 1570 days newer than Core i5-6600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600K
- Consumes up to 45% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 91 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900X
- Performs up to 3% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-6600K - 182 vs 177 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 20 vs 4 threads
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Single-Core
1419
90.03807106598984%
Multi-Core
4012
42.81293351830114%
Intel Core i5-6600K | vs | Intel Core i9-10900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Skylake | Codename | Cascade Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 10 |
| 4 | Threads | 20 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
91 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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Resident Evil 4, 1920 x 1080, Max
182 FPS
$33.52/FPS
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Core i9-10900X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 5 TB HDD
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