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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6600 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G6950 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6600 is 2002 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950
- Up to 40% cheaper than Core i5-6600 - $47.48 vs $79.0
- Up to 36% better value when playing Rocket League than Core i5-6600 - $0.07 vs $0.11 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Performs up to 6% better in Rocket League than Pentium G6950 - 710 vs 668 FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Pentium G6950 - 65 vs 73 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 4 vs 2 threads
Rocket League
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
FPS
668
94%
Value, $/FPS
$0.07/FPS
100%
Price, $
$47.48
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G6950 | vs | Intel Core i5-6600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 73 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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