Product Compare

Intel Core i5 6500 vs Intel Core i5 8600K

	CPU Intel Core i5 6500	CPU Intel Core i5 8600K
General Parameters
Release Date	Sep 2015	Oct 2017
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Skylake	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i5-6500	i5-8600K
Integrated Graphics	HD Graphics 530	UHD Graphics 630
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	14 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	65 W	95 W
Peak Operating Temperature		100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	6
Performance Core Threads	4	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz	4.3 GHz
Total Core Count	4	6
Total Thread Count	4	6
Multiplier	32x	36x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size	64 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1050 MHz	1150 MHz
GPU Base Frequency		350 MHz
Shader Units		192
Texture Units		24
Raster Operation Units		3
Execution Units		24
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	966	1201
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	3420	6612
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1197	1649
Geekbench 5 Single Core	900	1163
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3264	6050
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	3118	5367
Passmark CPU Single Core	2116	2603
Passmark CPU Multi Core	5591	10201