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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11600 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-6600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-11600 is 2084 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-6600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Up to 51% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - $74.0 vs $150.0
- Up to 39% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i5-11600 - $0.5 vs $0.82 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 22% better in Dead Island 2 than Core i5-6600 - 182 vs 149 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600 - 12 vs 4 threads
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
149
81.86813186813187%
Value, $/FPS
$0.5/FPS
100%
Price, $
$74
100%
Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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Updated 349279 minutes ago
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
182
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.82/FPS
60.97560975609756%
Price, $
$150
49%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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In Stock
Updated 349279 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Single-Core
1286
60.60320452403393%
Multi-Core
3552
43.38055691255496%
Intel Core i5-6600 | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
UHD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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