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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6600 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-3450 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6600 is 1159 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-3450.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Performs up to 10% better in Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-3450 - 111 vs 101 FPS
- Up to 1% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-3450 - $0.67 vs $0.68 per FPS
- Consumes up to 16% less energy than Intel Core i5-3450 - 65 vs 77 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3450
- Up to 7% cheaper than Core i5-6600 - $69.0 vs $74.0
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
111
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.67/FPS
100%
Price, $
$74
93%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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In Stock
Updated 354061 minutes ago
Core i5-3450
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
FPS
101
90.990990990991%
Value, $/FPS
$0.68/FPS
98.52941176470587%
Price, $
$69
100%
Intel Core i5-3450 Quad-Core Processor 3.1 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53450
Buy for $69 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 354060 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i5-3450
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-3450
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
Single-Core
603
46.8895800933126%
Multi-Core
1781
50.14076576576577%
Intel Core i5-6600 | vs | Intel Core i5-3450 |
|---|---|---|
Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Apr 29th, 2012 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Ivy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 77 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| UHD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 2500 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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