Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Core i7-5820K

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel Socket 2011-3
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 22 nm
Transistors unknown 2,600 million
Die size 177 mm² 356 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.9 GHz up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33.0x 33.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 140 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status unknown Active
Release date Jul 2nd, 2015 Sep 1st, 2014
Codename Skylake Haswell-E
Generation Core i5 Core i7
Part SR2BW SR20S
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz Dual-channel DDR4
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 4 12
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics UHD Graphics 530

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 15MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes Yes
CLMUL Yes Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes
vPro Yes

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